Francois Hollande has always been an unlikely French president, a guy proud to call himself "normal" and who ended up in the Elysee Palace almost by default.

Hollande repeatedly had said he would seek re-election only if he were able to curb the unemployment rate in France, which for years has hovered around 10 percent.

Hollande, 57, was elected to a five-year term earlier this month after voters ousted incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy after only one term. ... Francois Hollande becomes France's new president .

PARIS– After appearing visibly shattered on Friday evening, France President Francois Hollande delivered a surprisingly bullish speech on Monday before the French congress, vowing to destroy ...

Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...

President François Hollande said he wanted to extend the state of emergency in France until the presidential elections in April and May to reduce the threat of ...

The leftist New Popular Front secured the most seats in the National Assembly, delivering a rebuke to France's far-right bloc ...

Francois Hollande calls Nice truck attack, which killed dozens, an "absolute horror." ... "France has been struck on the day of her national holiday, the 14th of July, ...

If France didn’t have enough to worry about right now with its soaring rates of debt, crime and immigration, now comes news ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou, who has no majority in Parliament, has lost the Socialists' 'indulgence.' Now, if the ...

Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration. MARSEILLE, France — The first ...