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Cannes Film Festival Artistic Director Thierry Fremaux poses during a photo call for Moonrise Kingdom at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honor, from chancellor of France's National Order of the Legion of Honor, General Jean-Louis Georgelin, as he is officially named as France's president at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Fred Dufour, Pool)
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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)
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"I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again," President-elect Francois Hollande told a huge crowd of supporters Sunday in his home area of Tulle in central France, before heading to Paris. "We will succeed." (Associated Press)
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Supporters of Socialist President-elect Francois Hollande, seen on the video screen at right, celebrate after the results of the second round of the French Presidential elections were announced at Bastille square in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Supporters of president-elect Francois Hollande celebrate after socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves from his car as he leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party headquarters after the the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections were announced. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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A supporter of outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) covers her face as the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections were announced at UMP headquarters in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Supporters of outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) with a T-shirt reading "Youth for Sarkozy". (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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President-elect Francois Hollande waves after delivering his speech in Tulle, central France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Francois Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat Sunday to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)
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"I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again," President-elect Francois Hollande told huge crowds of supporters Sunday in his home area of Tulle in central France, before heading to Paris. "We will succeed." (Associated Press)
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A demonstrator holds up a portrait to make fun of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, now-defeated French President Nicolas Sarkozy (center) and Spanish Employers Organization President Juan Rosell during a May Day protest Tuesday in Pamplona against the Spanish government's tough new labor reforms and cutbacks. (Associated Press)
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Marine Le Pen of the National Front party ran for president on a platform of scrapping the euro currency in France and quashing "Islamization." She received 18 percent of the vote in the first round.
