Hollande urged to clear air as firstlady leaves clinic

President François Hollande’s partner emerged from a week’s stay in hospital as the French leader faced calls to clear up his personal life after his affair with an actress was made public.

First lady Valerie Trierweiler left the Paris hospital, where she was admitted suffering from nervous exhaustion and low blood pressure, for a presidential residence in Versailles, a source in her office said. In her first public comments since the scandal over Hollande’s affair broke, Trierweiler tweeted her thanks to her supporters.

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those who sent messages of support . . . very touched,” she wrote, using her personal and not her official Twitter account.