President Francois Hollande's frank comments in a new book written by two journalists are causing shockwaves in France.

French President Francois Hollande is attending a ceremony in remembrance of the 86 people killed when an Islamic extremist rammed his truck through crowds watching Bastille Day fireworks in Nice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has indefinitely postponed a trip to France after Paris had revised its programme for the visit and said it would talk about nothing else but the Syrian crisis.

French president Francois Hollande has visited Pope Francis to thank him for his words of comfort after a spate of Islamic extremist attacks across France left more than 200 dead.

French president Francois Hollande has strongly criticised US presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying some of the things the Republican nominee does make him sick.

French president Francois Hollande is facing a scandal over the exorbitant price of his haircuts.

French president François Hollande’s hairdresser is paid a gross salary by the state of €9,895 a month.

German and French leaders underlined the importance of co-operation as they marked the centenary of the WWI battle, writes Sylvie Corbett.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have marked 100 years since the Battle of Verdun.

Protesters in Paris smashed store windows and damaged cars after French President Francois Hollande said he would not abandon a labour Bill which has prompted weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations.

French president Francois Hollande has decided to abandon a Bill that would have revoked citizenship for convicted terrorists and strengthened the country's state of emergency.

French President Francois Hollande has announced plans to ask parliament to approve a three-month renewal of the state of emergency put in place after the Paris attacks.

French president Francois Hollande has pledged to redefine France’s business model and declared “a state of economic and social emergency”.

French president Francois Hollande and other dignitaries are holding a special ceremony to honour all those killed in Islamic extremist attacks around Paris in 2015 – a year when the European way of life was targeted time and again with deadly consequences.

French president Francois Hollande said today that the "terrorist threat" will continue to weigh on the country.

French president Francois Hollande has told the nation that the terrorist threat is still at its “highest level”.

French president Francois Hollande has promised the families of those killed and wounded in the Paris attacks that he will do everything to destroy the “army of fanatics” responsible.

Barack Obama and Francois Hollande have opened talks about expanding the international campaign against Islamic State, an effort likely to be complicated by Turkey’s downing of a Russian war plane.

French President Francois Hollande has vowed to destroy so-called Islamic State and intensify strikes in Syria.

The French President, Francois Hollande has vowed to lead a pitiless war following last night’s attacks, which left 128 dead and more than 200 injured.

German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande have urged European politicians to pull together amid multiple crises in a highly unusual bid to heal divisions within the European Union caused by the influx of refugees, debt crises and encroaching nationalist sentiment.

Three US citizens and a Briton who on Friday helped disarm a gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris, are to be awarded France’s highest honour.

British Prim Minister David Cameron has called the President of France Francois Hollande to discuss the crisis at the port of Calais, which he has warned he expects to last all summer.

German chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Paris this evening to discuss the result of the Greek referendum with French president Francois Hollande, a German government spokesman said yesterday.

French president Francois Hollande has urged Greece and its international creditors to speed up talks on new loans for the country, as a default would affect the entire continent.

French president Francois Hollande has branded revelations the US spied on him and his two predecessors "unacceptable" and says France will not tolerate anything that threatens its security.

WikiLeaks has published documents it says shows the US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on the last three French presidents.

German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande have confirmed their commitment to fighting global warming, gathering with others in Berlin to prepare for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference.

French president Francois Hollande called for the ending of the US trade embargo on Cuba during a brief visit to the island.

President Francois Hollande says France is continuing discussions with Russia about completing a mammoth weapons deal.

France must offer its protection and affection to the Jewish community amid rising anti-Semitism, President Francois Hollande has said.

A police union official in Paris says 11 people have died, including one journalist, and three officers have been wounded in a shooting at a French satirical newspaper.

A close adviser to François Hollande has resigned after allegations about an alleged conflict of interest and his extravagant lifestyle, in a fresh blow to the beleaguered French president.

After losing her title as France’s first lady, Valerie Trierweiler has begun forging a new role as a goodwill ambassador, with her glamour and media savvy guaranteeing her maximum publicity on a charity trip to India.

Valerie Trierweiler, the ex-partner of French President Francois Hollande, flew to India yesterdayon a charity mission, despite Saturday’s announcement that the couple have split.

There are reports the French President Francois Hollande may announce his separation from his partner later today.

French president François Hollande met Pope Francis amid tensions in his private life over a gossip magazine’s report about an alleged affair with an actress.

THIS time it’s not the White House that’s embroiled in a sexual scandal, it’s the Elysée Palace. Location apart, there’s nothing to beat a full-dress political scandal except, that is, a full-undress one.

FRENCH President François Hollande has won cautious backing from Berlin, Brussels, and financial markets for a centrist reform push that could be his last chance to get the eurozone’s second largest economy motoring.

French President Francois Hollande has said his First Lady is recovering at a state residence at Versailles after being admitted to hospital following a report that he is having an affair.

The actress reported to be having an affair with President Francois Hollande has been denied a coveted role at a prestigious cultural institution France’s Culture Ministry.