PARIS –  France’s embattled president, Francois Hollande, is “fini.” So goes the prevailing view here from cafes to boardrooms. With three more years to go in his term, France’s Socialist president looks like a dead politician walking. Three years is an eternity in politics. Yet things look so gloomy for Hollande that he recently mused about not running again in 2017 if the economy does not improve. Add to Hollande’s cup of woe the crushing defeat of his Socialist Party in this week’s EU parliamentary that left France’s Left trailing the hard-right National Front. Hollande’s popularity rating slide this week … Continue reading Dead Politician Walking