Hollande's top priorities
The new French President Francois Hollande seems to have assumed the dynamism of his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. Immediately after the inauguration, he appointed Jean-Marc Ayrault, Socialist Party faction leader in the National Assembly (the lower chamber of the French parliament), as prime minister. On the first day in the office of head of state, Hollande paid a visit to Berlin. Even the lighting that struck the president’s airplane could not foil the first meeting with the German chancellor. Hollande got back to Paris and flew to Germany on another plane. For this reason, the meeting of the “Merkollande” duo, as the two leaders have already been dubbed, was held 80 minutes later than planned.
Hollande's top priorities
The new French President Francois Hollande seems to have assumed the dynamism of his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. Immediately after the inauguration, he appointed Jean-Marc Ayrault, Socialist Party faction leader in the National Assembly (the lower chamber of the French parliament), as prime minister. On the first day in the office of head of state, Hollande paid a visit to Berlin. Even the lighting that struck the president’s airplane could not foil the first meeting with the German chancellor. Hollande got back to Paris and flew to Germany on another plane. For this reason, the meeting of the “Merkollande” duo, as the two leaders have already been dubbed, was held 80 minutes later than planned.
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