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FEPS’s President Massimo D’Alema sent his regards to François Hollande. He paid tribute to his […]

09/05/2012

FEPS’s President Massimo D’Alema sent his regards to François Hollande. He paid tribute to his campaign and confessed that all Europe is looking forward a new deal. He also congratulated Jean-Marc Ayrault as the new French Prime Minister.

“L’Europe a besoin d’un nouvel élan. Il sera soutenu par tous les forces progressistes au niveau européen. ».

Read the letter sent by Massimo D’Alema to François Hollande
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