François Hollande

A bouquet of roses is seen near a placard reading "I am Charlie," displayed to pay tribute during a gathering at the Place de la Republique in Paris on January 7, 2015, following a shooting by gunmen at the offices of weekly satirical magazine Charlie Heb

Manhunt for suspects in Charlie Hebdo attack

Conflict

A manhunt is underway for gunmen who attacked the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Here’s what we have learned.

France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen, center, prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the first round of the French mayoral elections in Henin Beaumont, Northern France, March 23, 2014.

French voters toss out the status quo in local elections

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French President François Hollande

A friend of François Hollande says he wanted a ‘Chinese Wall’ between his public and private life

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Julie Gayet at Deauville

What the French president’s affair and separation say about love, politics and French culture

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French President François Hollande

My affair? Next question…

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Why all the fuss about French President François Hollande’s alleged affair?

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French tabloid “Closer” exposed an alleged affair between French President François Hollande and a French actress. Hollande isn’t the first French president to stray, though he isn’t married, so why is this alleged affair causing such a stir?

How French President Francois Hollande Spent his Summer ‘Staycation’

Conflict & Justice

France is a country well known for vacation days. But French President Francois Hollande allowed his ministers just two weeks off this summer. And he only took one week and didn’t go anywhere.

Proposed tax hikes in France strike a nerve with top earners

French President Francois Hollande has called for a 75 percent income tax on top earners in France to help lower the country’s deficit. The hope is to stave off contagion from other faltering euro zone countries, but the proposal has received harsh criticism from France’s business class.

VIDEO: Foreign markets shift as world reacts to Francois Hollande’s victory in French election

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Francois Hollande will be the next president of France, the winner of a run-off election on Sunday between himself and Nicholas Sarkozy. Hollande, a Socialist, has promised to rollback, or at least modify, the austerity measures championed by his predecessor.

Sarkozy first French incumbent president to lose in first round of elections

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Nicholas Sarkosy has a tough battle in front of him if he wants to remain in office when the second, runoff round of the presidential elections happens on May 6. His challenger, Francois Hollande, has promised to reverse some of the austerity measures championed by Sarkozy.