“François Hollande... added that the EU now needed a “leap forward” to ward off the danger of Eurosceptic populists.”
The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China from 1958 to 1961. It ended in catastrophe, resulting in tens of millions of deaths, estimated from 18 to 46 million. Coercion, terror, and systematic violence were the foundation of the Great Leap Forward and it motivated one of the most deadly mass killings of human history.
Being a socialist, François Hollande should be very familiar with what the expression “leap forward” means.
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has floated the idea of an EU Army to provide, shall we say, “internal order”.