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A police sniper accidentally fires his weapon while changing position and injures two people during a speech by French President François Hollande in Villognon.
2017-02-28

French President François Hollande reproaches U.S. President Donald Trump for his disparaging comments about Paris at Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference, noting that allies should have more respect and support for each other.
2017-02-25

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announces his resignation. President Francois Hollande says he will nominate Fabius to lead the country's Constitutional Council.
2016-02-10

The French Senate approves President François Hollande's request to extend the state of emergency until the end of February 2016. The National Assembly passed the three-month extension yesterday.
2015-11-20

The President of France François Hollande agrees to take 24,000 refugees out of the estimated 100,000 per month expected to arrive.
2015-09-7

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the President of France François Hollande call for an international summit of Eurozone leaders to discuss the next moves.
2015-07-5

Voters in France go to the polls for the first round of voting in local government elections. Exit polls show the conservative UMP in first place, Marine Le Pen's National Front in second, with President François Hollande's French Socialist Party in third.
2015-03-22

The President of France, François Hollande, makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit French troops.
2012-05-25

François Hollande is sworn in as the 24th President of France. Hollande appoints Jean-Marc Ayrault as his Prime Minister.
2012-05-15

François Hollande defeats Martine Aubry in a primary runoff election held by the French Socialist Party, becoming the party's official candidate to challenge incumbent President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election.
2011-10-16