Nicolas Sarkozy

The new French president Francois Hollande will meet Barack Obama in the White House, ahead of the G-8 summit at Camp David on Thursday: is a new Franco-American relationship being forged?

As newly-inaugurated French President Francois Hollande makes his way to Berlin for his first foreign visit, he is forced to turn back after his plane is hit by lightning.

With voters in Greece, France and Italy using elections to reject austerity, Channel 4 News looks at what happens next and whether a break-up of the eurozone is now on the cards.

In an election that has galvanised the French electorate, Socialist candidate François Hollande becomes president of France after defeating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Europe awoke to an unpredictable future after elections in France, Greece and EU hopeful Serbia - exactly the type of turmoil that spooks bond and currency traders who crave stability.

As the French go to the polls, President Sarkozy is blaming his waning popularity on the financial crisis, austerity measures, and a media "alliance" with Socialist front-runner François Hollande.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, France's two presidential candidates, both talk of change - but what they are actually engaged in, writes Jonathan Rugman, is the business of preservation.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande clash repeatedly in their only television debate ahead of the election.