Francois Hollande has always been an unlikely French president, a guy proud to call himself "normal" and who ended up in the Elysee Palace almost by default.

Hollande is only the second Socialist president of modern France, after Francois Mitterrand's 1981-1995 tenure, and rode to the presidency on a wave of resurgent leftist sentiment amid Europe's ...

French President François Hollande slammed a tabloid magazine for a story raising the delicate question of where—and with whom—he spends his nights.

PARIS --French President Francois Hollande announced Thursday that he would not seek a second term in next year’s presidential election, saying he hoped to give his Socialist party a chance to ...

Francois Hollande stands up in his car as he rides up the Champs-Elysees after taking the oath of office as President of France.

PARIS– After appearing visibly shattered on Friday evening, France President Francois Hollande delivered a surprisingly bullish speech on Monday before the French congress, vowing to destroy ...

Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...

The leftist New Popular Front secured the most seats in the National Assembly, delivering a rebuke to France's far-right bloc ...

French President Francois Hollande condemned the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that killed 84 and injured scores more, saying the country is "under the threat of Islamist terrorism" but that ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou, who has no majority in Parliament, has lost the Socialists' 'indulgence.' Now, if the ...

Despite a public denial of another election, his government is in such trouble that the French president seems tempted by ...