Next to such patent nonsense, promises by the two front-running candidates, Martine Aubry and francois Hollande, seem merely frozen in time, circa 1981.

除了这样公开的荒谬言论，两位领先的社会党候选人玛蒂娜·奥布里和弗朗索瓦·奥朗德给出的承诺，似乎几乎冻结在了1981年前后。

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On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks on Syria with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.

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And he wrote that he spoke with "his" President Francois Hollande about the decision.

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