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Just 29 per cent believed the outgoing head of state was “good”, the poll by Odoxa for France Info found. His foreign policy was a “failure” according to 58 per cent of pollsters, with 83 per cent blasting him for failing to fix France’s wobbling economy the poll, released today said. After a five year term marred by terror attacks, the Calais and European migrant crisis, and a struggling eurozone economy, voters signalled they were ready for a new direction for France.

GETTY Francois Hollande ends his reign as President on a low

Of the 1,001 adult voters questioned on Wednesday, revealed 54 per cent of French people think that Mr Hollande–adopted the necessary measures to help combat and suppress terrorism and boost security. His saving grace was bringing in a law allowing sam-sex couples to marry and adopt children in May 2013, with 48 per cent listing this as the leftist’s top legislative achievement.

I deeply regret my behaviour; I did not mean to be discourteous towards my predecessor Francois Hollande

Mr Hollande, who is to vacate the Elysée Palace by mid-May, told the political daily L’Opinion on Wednesday he deeply regretted his “discourteous” attitude towards former president Nicolas Sarkozy during the handover of power in 2012. The then newly-elected president did not walk Mr Sarkozy back to his car as he was leaving the Elysée with his model wife, Carla Bruni, but instead turned on his heels and darted back into the presidential palace, breaking with protocol. Mr Hollande beat his right-wing rival with 51.7 per cent of the vote in the 2012 presidential elections.

GETTY His foreign policy was a ‘failure’ according to 58 per cent of pollsters