Hollande's pro-business reforms could falter ahead of France's 2017 election


  • World
  • Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech at the Grand Palais to mark the bicentenary of the Caisse des Depots et Consignations, a financial organization created in 1816, in Paris, France, January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's surprise conversion to business-friendly economic reforms 18 months after winning power on a "tax the rich" platform is at risk of running out of steam ahead of elections next year.

France's Socialist leader since 2012 will on Monday flesh out his last major economic plan before those elections, government sources say.

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