Francois Hollande

Hollande arrived in Baghdad on Monday to meet the French forces helping Iraq

A new poll on Wednesday predicted he would win just 7% of votes in the first round of next year's election in April

Five-years of Syrian civil war has claimed up to 500,000 victims

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is due in Paris on October 19 to inaugurate a new Orthodox church near the Eiffel Tower

The French President will meet police, port officials and local politicians but is not expected to visit the camp itself

US President Barack Obama earlier took the podium to declare that diplomacy was the only way to end the devastating war

On the eve of EU meeting of European leaders scheduled for September 16, Hollande will receive Merkel

Hollande, mired in deep unpopularity over his handling of the economy, has yet to announce whether he will run for a second term

Hollande hailed the institution's efforts in helping to handle the refugee crisis

He insisted that the government will be determined to apply the anti-terrorist laws while respecting rights and freedoms

Says there cannot be pre-negotiations or talks before the Brexit formalities are in place

The French President has not managed to deliver on his promise to significantly lower unemployment, especially among young people

The French President's visit was dogged by allegations of rights abuses in the North African country

The poll however said that conomy Minister Emmanuel Macron, who recently set up his own political movement, would fare much better