List of Political Catch Phrases - France

France

  • "Je vous ai compris". (I have understood you.) President Charles de Gaulle to a crowd in Algeria, before its independence.
  • "Le Brésil n'est pas un pays serieux!" (Brazil is not a serious country!) Charles de Gaulle about Brazilian informality...
  • "Vous n'avez pas, M. Mitterrand, le monopole du cœur." (You do not have, Mr Mitterrand, the monopoly of heart). Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to presidential candidate François Mitterrand, during the 1974 French Presidential debate.
  • "Soyez gentil de nous laisser parler, et de cesser d'intervenir incessamment, un peu comme le roquet." (Be nice to let us talk, and stop interfering incessantly, like the pug) said by Jacques Chirac to Laurent Fabius in 1986.
  • "Mais vous avez tout à fait raison, M. le premier ministre." (But you are absolutely right, Mr Prime Minister.). François Mitterrand responding to presidential candidate Jacques Chirac, who said he would call him Mr Mitterrand, during the 1988 French Presidential debate instead of "Mr President" since they were nothing but two citizens, not two officials.
  • "Et alors ?" (So what?) said by François Mitterrand – 1994
  • "Casse toi pauv'con" (Get lost, then, poor dumb ass) said by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008 at the Paris international agricultural show, to a recalcitrant visitor who refused to shake his hand.
  • "Moi président de la République" (Me President of the French Republic) said 16 times by François Hollande during 2 May televised debate.

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