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
  • All times in GMT