A new poll on Thursday said two-thirds of rench people want their president to step down as the country is battling record unemployment and has seen a multiplication of political scandals in recent months.
Valérie Trierweiler’s tell-all memoir has flown off the shelves in France, but most people think François Hollande’s ex-partner should never have written it, two new polls reveal.
France's President François Hollande provided his strongest rebuke yet of the tell-all book from his ex-partner which mercilessly attacks him on personal and political fronts. Hollande, in particular, categorically denied ever referring to France's poor as the "toothless."
President Francois Hollande has said he has no intention of throwing in the towel after weeks of political, economic and personal body blows that has seen him plumb new depths of unpopularity.
The same day President François Hollande responded to the most hurtful claims in his ex's tell-all memoir, The Local hit the streets to see what the French think about the book and its impact on their historically unpoplar leader.
Valérie Trierweiler's "bombshell" of a tell-all memoir that went on sale on Thursday has stirred up a hornet's nest in France, thanks to some pretty revealing insights. We've pulled together the best extracts.
French President François Hollande doesn’t like poor people and refers to them as the “sans-dents” (toothless ones), France’s ex-first lady Valérie Trierweiler claims in her new kiss-and-tell book, that was released on Thursday.
France finally received a modicum of positive news about the economy on Wednesday. The country has halted its slide down an international ranking of the most economically competitive nations, though it still lags far behind the likes of Belgium and Luxembourg.
Extracts of a new tell-all book by President François Hollande's ex-partner Valérie Trierweiler were published on Wednesday in which the ex-"first-lady" describes the moment she "cracked" on hearing of his affair with an actress and how the president tried to get her back.
France's president and Germany's chancellor are carrying on a passionate affair, or at least that's the story line of a new German TV show. If you find the idea a bit ridiculous, there's a few critics that think so too.
A French court has fined two tabloid magazine executives and a photographer over a photo of Julie Gayet, who became the subject of media hounding after her affair when President François Hollande was revealed in January.
A potentially explosive new memoir is due out this week from Valerie Trierwieler, France's ex-"first lady" who was dumped by the president for his mistress. The book apparently does little to "spare" François Hollande.
President François Hollande declared on Thursday that Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad is not a partner of the West in the battle against Islamist extremists in Syria and Iraq, but an ally of the jihadists.
From his elite education to a scandal involving a married teacher 20 years his senior, here's are ten things you need to know about France's 36-year-old Economy Minister, Emmanuel Macron.
France's embattled president played his final card this week in naming his third government that included a former Rothschild banker as Economy Minister. The move was a clear, but potentially hazardous break from the left of his party.
Needless to say France's political crisis produced scores of headlines and column inches in the French and international press on Tuesday, as well as plenty of photos of the president under the rain. Here's a look at what the papers made of the day's dramatic events.
After President François Hollande took the decision to oust his dissenters, crucial questions now arise over the future of the head of state, his government, France itself, and even Europe. Here's a look at six key issues.
France was plunged into crisis on Monday after President François Hollande asked Prime Minister Manuel Valls to form a new government after two ministers had publicly criticized the government's economic policy. Take a look back at the events of the day.
France urged Middle East nations to take a stand against the Islamic State fighters operating nearly unchecked in Syria and Iraq. The French president also plans to set up an international summit to craft a response to the extremists.
The French president returns to the front line on Wednesday for his first cabinet meeting. On his packed agenda will be the stagnant economy, the threat of deflation, unemployment and more in-fighting within his own party.
President Francois Hollande and 15 African leaders paid tribute Friday to the hundreds of thousands of troops who, 70 years ago, launched the southern invasion of occupied France that opened up a second western front against Hitler's Nazis.
French President Francois Hollande called on Russia to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and urged the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to launch talks to de-escalate the tension on
their border.
Germany on Wednesday rejected a fresh call from French President Francois Hollande to do more to promote economic growth in Europe, saying it was already pulling its weight.
A day after lauding the peace and friendship between France and Germany, François Hollande risked sparking a row on Monday when he called on Berlin to do more to boost growth to help pull the Eurozone out of the financial crisis.
