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| President Hollande visits partner Trierweiler in hospital | President Hollande visits partner Trierweiler in hospital |
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| President Hollande has visited First Lady Valerie Trierweiler in hospital for the first time since reports of his alleged affair broke last week. | President Hollande has visited First Lady Valerie Trierweiler in hospital for the first time since reports of his alleged affair broke last week. |
| Ms Trierweiler was admitted to hospital, apparently in shock after learning of the alleged affair. | Ms Trierweiler was admitted to hospital, apparently in shock after learning of the alleged affair. |
| Closer magazine first published details of Mr Hollande's alleged affair with French actress Julie Gayet last Friday. | Closer magazine first published details of Mr Hollande's alleged affair with French actress Julie Gayet last Friday. |
| The magazine has further alleged that the affair began during the 2012 presidential race. | The magazine has further alleged that the affair began during the 2012 presidential race. |
| Ms Gayet says she is suing Closer for breach of privacy, seeking 50,000 euros (£41,000; $68,000) in damages and 4,000 euros in legal costs. | |
| In its latest revelations, the magazine said the French president used a second apartment in the west of Paris to meet the 41-year-old actress. | |
| It also claimed that Mr Hollande made excuses to avoid a holiday in Greece last year with Ms Trierweiler so he could travel instead to his Correze constituency with Ms Gayet. | |
| French media have claimed that Ms Trierweiler suffered a nervous breakdown last week, but her friends have played down her condition. | |
| The Elysee Palace confirmed on Friday that the president had visited his partner late on Thursday, but gave no more details. | |
| Ms Trierweiler said earlier that doctors had advised him not to visit. | |
| Closer initially published a seven-page report on the alleged affair last Friday. | |
| Photos show a man in a crash helmet on a moped, said to be Mr Hollande, visiting an apartment building near the Elysee Palace. | |
| Ms Gayet is shown at the building in a separate photo. | |
| Mr Hollande has not denied the story, though he did briefly threaten to sue the magazine for invasion of privacy. | |
| Public reaction to the issue has been muted. |