Normal? Moi? IT ALL started with the word “normal”. François Hollande chose the term to define the sort of president he promised to be. To the French ear, it means more than ordinary: it suggests something that conforms to the rule, the way things should be. After the look-at-me term of Mr Hollande’s predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, whose self-promotion matched his ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France will do everything to protect its interests in Niger after an attack on a uranium plant run by nuclear reactor maker Areva near the northern town of Arlit earlier on Thursday, French President Francois Hollande said. "We will have the same will to co-operate (with Niger) to fight against terrorism and will also protect our interests," ...

French president uses keynote speech at Social Democratic party’s 150th anniversary celebrations to praise German labour market reforms

French president François Hollande attends birthday party of Germany’s oppositon, which languishes behind Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in polls

French president François Hollande attends birthday party of Germany’s oppositon, which languishes behind Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in polls