# ‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback

https://mins.news/en/item/46776

- France 24, 2026-09-05 16:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260905-rain-man-france-ex-president-francois-hollande-unlikely-comeback-presidential-election

> Former French president François Hollande, once so unpopular that he abandoned a bid for a second term, is back in the conversation ahead of next year’s presidential race. After a decade of Emmanuel Macron’s “disruptive” presidency, Hollande hopes voters tired of feuding candidates will see him as a safe, if unexciting, choice.

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