Mr Hollande said the publication was an “attack on the right to privacy”. He said he might sue, but did not deny it.
A major press conference next week was intended to be a platform for the president to launch his economic programme for the year ahead – detailing a much-anticipated new tack in efforts to spur growth and create jobs.
But the BBC’s Hugh Schofield, in Paris, says the president may be forced into making some kind of official statement on his personal position in order to clear the ground.
President Hollande might like to think his love life is a private affair but now that it is out in the public domain, he needs to explain how things stand our correspondent says.
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