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 ...

President François Hollande said he wouldn’t stand for re-election in May, an unprecedented decision for a French head of state that adds more uncertainty to France’s presidential race.

Hollande was crowned France’s first Socialist president in 17 years after beating conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a run-off ballot on May 6, 2012. The new president campaigned on the ...

French President Francois Hollande looks on during the opening of a fire and rescue department on January 18, in Tulle, France. As Emmanuel Macron is inaugurated as the new French President, ...

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

— -- French president Francois Hollande was evacuated from the Stade de France during France's friendly match against Germany on Friday after two loud explosions were heard outside the ground ...

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 ...

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech as he attends the inauguration of the new 'Sud Europe Atlantique' (South Europe Atlantic) high-speed rail line, linking Tours and Bordeaux, on ...

Former French President François Hollande is part of the voice cast for “Silex & the City – The Movie,” a big-screen spinoff of the popular short-format animated series set in the Stone Age.