French election will not hit poll: Gilmore

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said the election of François Hollande as French president would make no difference to the referendum on the fiscal treaty and the vote will go ahead as planned.

Mr Hollande, who beat Nicolas Sarkozy at the polls, has vowed to renegotiate the treaty that is deeply unpopular in France unless he gets a pact for growth as well.

But Mr Gilmore, who flew to Paris for the election victory of his fellow Socialist, was adamant that the Government and the rest of the EU supports his demand for growth measures.