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Francois Hollande under pressure after affair report

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HOLLANDE AFFAIRFrench President Francois Hollande is coming under pressure to clarify his personal situation, after Closer magazine reported on his alleged secret affair with the actress Julie Gayet. One French paper said the report was “catastrophic” in every way for him.

Mr Hollande said the publication was an “attack on the right to privacy”. He said he might sue, but did not deny it.

A major press conference next week was intended to be a platform for the president to launch his economic programme for the year ahead – detailing a much-anticipated new tack in efforts to spur growth and create jobs.

But the BBC’s Hugh Schofield, in Paris, says the president may be forced into making some kind of official statement on his personal position in order to clear the ground.

President Hollande might like to think his love life is a private affair but now that it is out in the public domain, he needs to explain how things stand our correspondent says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25695993

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