Francois Mitterrand: Fifth Republic

Valerie Trierweiler Dept: He would be only France s second left-wing leader since the founding of the Fifth Republic in 1958, and its first since Francois Mitterrand, who beat incumbent Valery Giscard-d Estaing in 1981, according to Globe and Mail. Here s hoping, he whispered in the ear of an old lady. His partner, journalist Valerie Trierweiler, admitted to hordes of journalists she was super-stressed and mr. Hollande, 57, promises less drastic spending cuts than Mr. Sarkozy and wants higher taxes on the wealthy to fund state-aided job creation, in particular a 75 per cent upper tax rate on income above e1-million $1.32-million U.S. . He voted early on Sunday in Tulle, a town in central France where he serves as the head of local government for the surrounding rural Correze region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.