Best president of the French Fifth Republic

[parochial boy]

With all these right wing presidents why is France so left economically?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirigisme

Gaullisme, which is the guiding principle of *most* of the French right, is not exactly a free-market style ideology.

Giscard d'Estaing is really the only president who came from an economically liberal (in the European sense) tradition.

[parochial boy]

Mitterrand votes? Really? Some of us are old enough to remember this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_of_France_in_the_Rwandan_Genocide

Say what you will about the others, this is something that, you know, shouldn't result in a Best President of the Fifth Republic designation...

That's a very good point, but then again, De Gaulle had Algeria, GdE had Bokassa

Really, if you're judging by foreign policy then Hollande is miles and miles above the rest purely because of the way he handled Mali.