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, 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 .

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.

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 ...

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 ...

If polls are to be believed, leftist Francois Hollande will soon be French president, and will tell Barack Obama next month that France is speeding up its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan ...

Last year’s snap polls, announced by Macron on the night of the European elections in June 2024, backfired spectacularly. His ...

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