Francois Hollande, the drab Socialist who declared finance his 'true enemy' Running for president has become a family affair for the 57-year old, as Ségolène Royal, his former partner and mother of his four children, was the Socialist candidate in 2007, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy. Mr Hollande first hit the headlines in Britain by kicking off his campaign with the words: ""My true enemy has no name, no face, no party... (it) is the world of finance." He later told the City of London: "I am not dangerous," saying his desire to regulate finance was no more radical than that of Barack Obama. Part of his rhetoric is Socialist old-school, including proposing to slap a 75 per cent tax on annual earnings exceeding a million euros, returning the retirement age to 60 for those who have worked long enough, and creating 60,000 jobs in state education. Critics say Mr Hollande, who ran the Socialist party for 11 years after a back-office role in the Francois Mitterrand administration, is inexperienced and indecisive. Supporters say he is a consensus-builder and for all his joviality is a formidable opponent. They liken him to a weeble, the children's toy, which wobbles but never falls down. Once nicknamed "Flanby" after a caramel pudding, he has gone on a crash diet, sharpened his look, and dropped his wisecracks to appear more presidential. While few people are excited by his campaign, he has managed to cash in on massive rejection of the flashy, mercurial Mr Sarkozy, who has been at pains to shed his nickname of "President bling bling." By contrast, Mr Hollande promises his first measure will be to cut his own salary by 30 per cent and bring more social and fiscal "justice."