Nearly two thirds of French want Hollande to quit - poll


PARIS (Reuters) - Nearly two thirds of French voters would like to see their deeply unpopular Socialist president, Francois Hollande, resign before the end of his term in 2017, a poll showed on Thursday.

The IFOP/Le Figaro magazine survey showed that 62 percent of respondents wanted him to quit, three years before the next scheduled presidential election. A quarter of Socialist voters said they wanted to see the president resign.

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