Mr Normal faces no ordinary challenge

Winning came easy but François Hollande now has to learn to govern, writes Michael Mainville

HE DUBBED himself “Mr Normal” during France’s presidential election campaign, a modest scooter-riding everyman in touch with ordinary voters.

But, after winning France’s presidential vote, François Hollande faces some far-from-ordinary challenges as the leader of the eurozone’s second-largest economy, a nuclear-armed UN Security Council member.