https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French actress Julie Gayet appeared for the first time Thursday at an official event attended by President Francois Hollande, amid speculation that she is being gradually introduced as the nation's new first lady. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150619/frances-unofficial-first-lady-steps-into-light Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:23:39 +0200 frances-unofficial-first-lady-steps-into-light Five presidential staff are being transferred after photos appeared of French President Francois Hollande with actress Julie Gayet inside the Elysée Palace, officials confirmed Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141129/hollande-and-gayet-pics-prompt-palace-job-transfers Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:02:00 +0100 hollande-and-gayet-pics-prompt-palace-job-transfers As the Elysée Palace desperately tried to identify the mystery photographer who snapped François Hollande and actress Julie Gayet at the president's residence, The Local spoke to Voici, the gossip mag that published the photos. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141124/elyse-palace-on-hunt-for-hollande-gayet-snapper Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:15:00 +0100 elyse-palace-on-hunt-for-hollande-gayet-snapper Valérie Trierweiler, François Hollande’s former girlfriend, has been speaking to British media about her life as the unofficial first lady and how it all fell apart. We've gathered together a few of the juiciest extracts from her interviews. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141124/valrie-trierweiler-speaks-out-in-uk Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:09:00 +0100 valrie-trierweiler-speaks-out-in-uk The romance between the France’s president and a younger actress no longer appears to be the country’s worst kept secret with a gossip magazine publishing on Friday the first photos of the lovebirds inside the Elysée Palace. It also claimed Julie Gayet had become a "quasi first lady" https://www.thelocal.fr/20141121/hollande-and-gayet-romance-goes-public Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:45:00 +0100 hollande-and-gayet-romance-goes-public French President François Hollande doesn’t like poor people and refers to them as the “sans-dents” (toothless ones), France’s ex-first lady Valérie Trierweiler claims in her new kiss-and-tell book, that was released on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140904/trierweiler-hollande-book-poor-toothless Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:12:00 +0200 trierweiler-hollande-book-poor-toothless The French president François Hollande has brushed off persistent rumours he is about to get married to actress Julie Gayet, whose secret affair with the president made headlines around the globe when it was revealed in January this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140722/hollande-denies-rumours-he-is-to-marry-actress Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:51:00 +0200 hollande-denies-rumours-he-is-to-marry-actress Julie Gayet, the alleged lover of French President François Hollande, on Friday missed out on a top film award at France's equivalent of the Oscars. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140301/julie-gayet-misses-out-on-french-film-award Sat, 01 Mar 2014 09:41:00 +0100 julie-gayet-misses-out-on-french-film-award France is set to hold its verson of the Oscar awards on Friday night with all the build-up to the event focussed on whether the President's mistress Julie Gayet will scoop one of the prized gongs https://www.thelocal.fr/20140228/hollandes-mistress-gayet-cesars Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:10:00 +0100 hollandes-mistress-gayet-cesars One is a dog known for its fierce reputation the other is the former partner of the French president, but one TV newsreader managed to mix them up this week, much to the delight of social media in France. See for youself. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140128/trierweilernews-reader Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:18:00 +0100 trierweilernews-reader Julie Gayet, the actress whose affair with French President Francois Hollande sparked a scandal and set tongues wagging worldwide, is a prolific performer known for her versatility across 70 film roles. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140126/julie-gayet-french-presidents-actress-lover Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:35:09 +0100 julie-gayet-french-presidents-actress-lover French President François Hollande announced on Saturday that he has officially separated from his partner Valerie Trierweiler, meaning she is no longer France´s defacto first lady. The announcement was made just as Trierweiler was to set off for an official trip to India. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140125/hollande-split-trierweiler-president-gayet-actress Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:10:00 +0100 hollande-split-trierweiler-president-gayet-actress