François Hollande

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.