Party members are giving up on the leader following the hapless blunder

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The European leader’s controversial statements reportedly included Hollande saying the justice system was “full of cowards”, that there were “too many immigrants” and that there was a “problem” with Islam.

Mr Hollande also spoke harshly about senior politicians in the book, which was released just as he intended to make public his desire to run for the presidency again in 2017.

He blamed US President Barack Obama for creating ISIS saying: “I don't know what would have happened if we had carried out strikes. What I can say is that we did not carry out strikes, and there's Daesh.”