{
  "id": 5797620,
  "title": "‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/rain-man-to-the-rescue-frances-ex-president-hollande-plots-unlikely",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T16:22:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260905-rain-man-france-ex-president-francois-hollande-unlikely-comeback-presidential-election"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Once so deeply unpopular he had to give up running for a second term in office, former French president François Hollande has slipped back into the conversation ahead of next year’s Elysée Palace race, hoping voters put off by squabbling candidates will come to see him as a safe – if unexciting – pair of hands after a decade of Emmanuel Macron’s ‘disruptive’ presidency.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}