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Hollande sworn as French President | Francois Hollande was sworn in on Tuesday morning in Elysee Palace as the French President, the first Socialist
head of state after Francois Mitterand quit power in 1995. The Constitutional Council declared Hollande the President of the Republic of France at the inauguration
ceremony in the presidential palace. The swearing-in ceremony opened at 10:00
a.m. (0800 GMT) by outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy greeting in the courtyard
the new President and the two leaders headed into private talks where codes to
France's nuclear arsenal was handed over to Hollande. In his first brief speech
after becoming the president, Hollande vowed "justice will be the only criteria
used to make decisions in the public sphere," echoing the promise he made in his
campaign trail of building France into a fair and just society. He also emphasized
on education and training at the focus of his government. After officially taking
over from Sarkozy who failed to seek a second term in the run-off elections on
May 6, Hollande starts the five-year mandate by embarking on his challenging promises of bringing changes to the debt-stricken country.
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