15 May: Francois Hollande will be sworn in as French president today, before travelling to Berlin to discuss the future of the eurozone with Germany's chancellor.He will be the first Socialist leader since 1995 to occupy the Elysee Palace. (BBC)

Mr Hollande is expected to be sworn in shortly after meeting outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in central Paris at around 10:00 (08:00 GMT).

The inauguration ceremony will be followed by the traditional procession along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and the laying of the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier underneath the Arc de Triomphe.

Mr Hollande will then pay tribute to the 19th-Century educational reformer Jules Ferry and the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Marie Curie.

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