François Hollande

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Supporters of Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande celebrate with champagne after Hollande won the election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Supporters of Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande react after the final results show that Hollande won the election. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

President-elect Francois Hollande holds a bouquet of roses after delivering his speech in Tulle. Francois Hollande defeated Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, Sarkozy conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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President-elect Francois Hollande waves after delivering his speech in Tulle, central France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Francois Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat Sunday to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)

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"I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again," President-elect Francois Hollande told huge crowds of supporters Sunday in his home area of Tulle in central France, before heading to Paris. "We will succeed." (Associated Press)

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French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande (center) arrives April 22, 2012, at Brive Airport in Brive, France, after the first round of the presidential election. (Associated Press)

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Francois Hollande's pledge to create public-sector jobs and increase taxes on the rich has resonated among French voters and raised concerns abroad. (Associated Press)

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Francois Hollande (seen here) has gained popularity for his tax-the-rich proposal in his campaign to unseat French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is struggling to shed his image as "President Bling Bling" in a country with widespread aversion to wealth. (Associated Press)

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Francois Hollande, who won the vote for the French Socialist Party's presidential candidate, speaks in Paris on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)