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President Francois Hollande pictured alongside Valerie Trierweiler in June Koji Sasahara/AP/Press Association Images

Hollande: "I have ended my partnership with Valerie Trierweiler"

The French President has confirmed he’s parting ways with the country’s de-facto first lady, following revelations about his affair.

FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS Hollande has split with his longstanding partner Valerie Trierweiler after his affair with an actress nearly 20 years his junior.

The announcement came after rumours in the French media that Hollande would formally announce the rupture today, on the eve of a planned visit by Trierweiler to India for charity work.

Saying he was speaking as a private individual, Hollande announced:

“I wish to make it known that I have ended my partnership with Valerie Trierweiler.”

Trierweiler, 48, remains holed up in a presidential residence in Versailles outside Paris after leaving hospital last Saturday, where she was treated for a bout of “tiredness” brought on by press revelations of Hollande’s affair with actress Julie Gayet, 41.

Trierweiler is due to fly to Mumbai tomorrow for a charity trip organised by French relief organisation Action Against Hunger, in what will be her first public appearance since the scandal broke.

Hollande, 59, announced his separation from Segolene Royal, a senior member of his Socialist party and a presidential candidate in 2007, just after she lost the election to Nicolas Sarkozy.

Trierweiler is not married to Hollande but assumed the role of First Lady at official functions after Hollande’s election in 2012.

- © AFP, 2014

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    Feb 12th 2013, 7:30 PM

    The Carnival is like a photographers dream, the place is absolutely awash with colour. Rio always gets the plaudits but the carnivals in Salvador, Bahia and Florinapolis are just as big and colourful.

    The organisers of our St.Patrick’s Day parades would do well to take a look at it and take inspiration. Watching tacky floats with advertisements for butchers and book shops doesn’t hold a match to how they do a parade in Brazil. I’ve nothing against local businesses, I just want to see a good show.

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    Feb 12th 2013, 11:33 PM

    True, but it doesn’t rain in Brazil like it does here. Imagine all that South American finery soaked in cold rain. The colours wouldn’t look so bright on a grey Irish day or a dark misty Irish night. I think we do very well considering our climate.

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    Feb 12th 2013, 6:06 PM

    Dem’s wharri call wimmins

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    Feb 12th 2013, 6:18 PM

    Looks like an amazing show!

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    Feb 12th 2013, 7:12 PM

    And we raven about st Patrick !!!!

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    Feb 12th 2013, 9:07 PM

    Never more.

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    Feb 12th 2013, 6:05 PM

    Cover up ladies, youll catch you death out there.

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