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France’s President Announces Split With His Companion France’s President Announces Split With His Companion
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PARIS — President François Hollande announced Saturday that he and his companion, Valérie Trierweiler, had formally ended their relationship, bringing to a close a two-week-long melodrama that began with a glossy magazine’s report of an affair with an actress and Ms. Trierweiler’s emotional collapse over the disclosure. PARIS — President François Hollande announced Saturday that he and his companion, Valérie Trierweiler, had formally ended their relationship, bringing to a close a two-week-long melodrama that began with a glossy magazine’s report of an affair with an actress and Ms. Trierweiler’s emotional collapse over the disclosure.
In a brief statement to the news agency Agence France-Presse, Mr. Hollande said he was making it known that “I have ended the shared life I had with Valérie Trierweiler.”In a brief statement to the news agency Agence France-Presse, Mr. Hollande said he was making it known that “I have ended the shared life I had with Valérie Trierweiler.”
He noted that he was speaking as a private individual and not as the French president in keeping with his insistence, since reports about an affair became public, that it was a private matter and no business of the news media or the French public.He noted that he was speaking as a private individual and not as the French president in keeping with his insistence, since reports about an affair became public, that it was a private matter and no business of the news media or the French public.
“Private affairs are dealt with in private,” he said in his Jan. 14 news conference as he ducked questions from journalists about his personal life.“Private affairs are dealt with in private,” he said in his Jan. 14 news conference as he ducked questions from journalists about his personal life.
The separation will leave the president living as a single man, and France will no longer have a de facto first lady. Although there is no official title of first lady in France, Ms. Trierweiler had filled that role, accompanying Mr. Hollande at official functions and traveling with him on state visits. Their relationship began in 2005.The separation will leave the president living as a single man, and France will no longer have a de facto first lady. Although there is no official title of first lady in France, Ms. Trierweiler had filled that role, accompanying Mr. Hollande at official functions and traveling with him on state visits. Their relationship began in 2005.
Ms. Trierweiler, a journalist, will return to private life, but it was not clear whether she would go back to journalism.Ms. Trierweiler, a journalist, will return to private life, but it was not clear whether she would go back to journalism.
The announcement came, as Mr. Hollande had promised it would, ahead of an official trip to Washington, planned for Feb. 10, during which he will spend time with President Obama, be honored at a state dinner and then go on to San Francisco to meet with business leaders.The announcement came, as Mr. Hollande had promised it would, ahead of an official trip to Washington, planned for Feb. 10, during which he will spend time with President Obama, be honored at a state dinner and then go on to San Francisco to meet with business leaders.
The magazine, Closer, published photographs of Mr. Hollande visiting an apartment building where the actress, Julie Gayet, 41, lived, and it made known to the public details of the president’s private life, which were already circulating among French journalists and close associates. One photograph showed the president, his face obscured by a motorcycle helmet, on a motor scooter at the Paris apartment building. Another showed him walking out of the building.The magazine, Closer, published photographs of Mr. Hollande visiting an apartment building where the actress, Julie Gayet, 41, lived, and it made known to the public details of the president’s private life, which were already circulating among French journalists and close associates. One photograph showed the president, his face obscured by a motorcycle helmet, on a motor scooter at the Paris apartment building. Another showed him walking out of the building.
When Ms. Trierweiler saw the magazine’s photographs, she had an “emotional collapse,” according to her staff, and was hospitalized for more than a week. Since her release from the hospital last Saturday, she has been staying at a presidential residence outside Paris.When Ms. Trierweiler saw the magazine’s photographs, she had an “emotional collapse,” according to her staff, and was hospitalized for more than a week. Since her release from the hospital last Saturday, she has been staying at a presidential residence outside Paris.
She and Mr. Hollande did not live in the presidential palace but in Ms. Trierweiler’s Left Bank apartment, and it was not yet clear where each would live now. However, the French news media was reporting that Ms. Trierweiler would return to her apartment and Mr. Hollande would live for the time being in the presidential palace.She and Mr. Hollande did not live in the presidential palace but in Ms. Trierweiler’s Left Bank apartment, and it was not yet clear where each would live now. However, the French news media was reporting that Ms. Trierweiler would return to her apartment and Mr. Hollande would live for the time being in the presidential palace.
Mr. Hollande’s announcement came as Ms. Trierweiler was preparing to leave for India on behalf of a charity with which she had been active.Mr. Hollande’s announcement came as Ms. Trierweiler was preparing to leave for India on behalf of a charity with which she had been active.
Neither Mr. Hollande nor Ms. Trierweiler has spoken to the media on the record, so neither of their versions of the breakup is public. It seems likely that sooner or later at least one of them will speak about it.Neither Mr. Hollande nor Ms. Trierweiler has spoken to the media on the record, so neither of their versions of the breakup is public. It seems likely that sooner or later at least one of them will speak about it.
Also unclear is Mr. Hollande’s relationship with Ms. Gayet and whether she may eventually succeed Ms. Trierweiler as Mr. Hollande’s companion.Also unclear is Mr. Hollande’s relationship with Ms. Gayet and whether she may eventually succeed Ms. Trierweiler as Mr. Hollande’s companion.