14 January 2014
Last updated at 15:01
As it happened: Hollande faces media
Key Points
- President Hollande has been holding his New Year's news briefing on plans to revive France's economy, but was asked about his private life
- A celebrity magazine has claimed that he has been having an affair with an actress
- Mr Hollande said this was a private matter and he would clarify later whether his partner Valerie Trierweiler was still first lady
- Ms Trierweiler is in hospital after being admitted in a state of shock following the revelation
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