BELGIUM-FRANCE-HISTORY-WAR-WWI-CENTENARY(01 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande (C) waves to the crowd next to Queen Mathilde of Belgium (L) and her husband King Philippe (R) from the city hall\'s balcony on August 4, 2014 in Liege, Belgium, during commemorations marking 100 years since the invasion of Belgium by Germany at the start of World War I. World leaders on August 4 commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a small Balkans conflict that went global with the German invasion of neutral Belgium in August 1914. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-WWI-CENTENARY-COMMEMORATION(02 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President Francois Hollande looks on as he attends a commemoration ceremony at the WWI Hartmannswillerkopf National Monument, or Vieil Armand, in Wattwiller, northeastern France, on August 3, 2014, marking the centenary of Germany\'s declaration of war to France. 100 years to the day since Germany\'s declaration of war to France, Presidents François Hollande and Joachim Gauck of Germany laid on August 3 the foundation stone of a French-German historical memorial in Hartmannswillerkopf, the sole remnant of the Vosges front, a WWI unsung battlefield were 20,000 to 30,000 French and German soldiers lost their lives, turned into a symbol of reconciliation. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images)
BELGIUM-HISTORY-WAR-WWI-CENTENARY(03 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande (2R) shakes hands of Queen Mathilde of Belgium (R), next to Britain\'s Prince William and wife Catherine as they arrive on August 4, 2014 in Liege, Belgium, for commemorations marking 100 years since the invasion of Belgium by Germany at the start of World War I. World leaders leaders on Monday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a small Balkans conflict that went global with the German invasion of neutral Belgium in August 1914. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SPAIN-ROYALS-DIPLOMACY(04 of14)
Open Image ModalQueen Letizia of Spain (R) shakes hands with French president François Hollande (L) as King Felipe VI of Spain looks on, following their meeting and luncheon at the Elysee palace on July 22, 2014, during the Spanish royal couple\'s first official visit to France. AFP PHOTO/MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MIGUEL MEDINA via Getty Images)
FRANCE-WWI-RESISTANCE-HOLLANDE(05 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande stands at attention, with French Republican Guards, during his visit to the WWI military cemetery of Cerny-en-Laonnois, near the Chemin des Dames, northern France, on July 10, 2014. By its strategic importance, the Chemin des Dames, in the sector of the Western Front held by the French Army, was the staging ground of several major battles that took place between 1914 and 1918. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)
FRANCE-WWI-RESISTANCE-HOLLANDE(06 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande (C), flanked by Anne Bellouin (L), head of the Caverne du Dragon - Chemin des Dames museum, visits the Caverne du Dragon - Chemin des Dames WWI museum near Oulches-la-Vallée-Foulon, northern France, on July 10, 2014. By its strategic importance, the Chemin des Dames, in the sector of the Western Front held by the French Army, was the staging ground of several major battles that took place between 1914 and 1918. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)
FRANCE-WWI-RESISTANCE-HOLLANDE(07 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande delivers a speech during his visit to the fort of la Pompelle, outside Reims, northeastern France, on July 10, 2014. The fort turned WWI museum was a major place of Resistance activity during WWI, known for strongly slowing German advance. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)
FRANCE-WWI-RESISTANCE-HOLLANDE(08 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande looks at WWI artifacts during his visit to the fort of la Pompelle, outside Reims, northeastern France, on July 10, 2014. The fort turned WWI museum was a major place of Resistance activity during WWI, known for strongly slowing German advance. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI via Getty Images)
FRANCE-MYANMAR-DIPLOMACY(09 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande (R) and Myanmar\'s opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrive to give a press conference, on April, 15,2014 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK KOVARIK via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-DIPLOMACY(10 of14)
Open Image ModalFrench President François Hollande (C), speaks next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) after a meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on February 19, 2014. Germany and France strongly condemned today the deadly violence in Ukraine, with President Francois Hollande urging sanctions and Chancellor Angela Merkel expressing solidarity with protestors. \'There are unspeakable, unacceptable, intolerable acts being carried out in Ukraine,\' Hollande said at a joint press conference with his German counterpart in Paris. AFP PHOTO /ERIC FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ERIC FEFERBERG via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-DIPLOMACY(11 of14)
Open Image ModalGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French president François Hollande give a press conference on February 19, 2014 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Germany and France on Wednesday strongly condemned the deadly violence in Ukraine, with President Francois Hollande urging sanctions and Chancellor Angela Merkel expressing solidarity with protestors. \'There are unspeakable, unacceptable, intolerable acts being carried out in Ukraine,\' Hollande said at a joint press conference with his German counterpart in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK KOVARIK via Getty Images)
President Obama And First Lady Welcome French President Hollande To The White House(12 of14)
Open Image ModalWASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) welcomes French President François Hollande (L) to the White House during an arrival ceremony at the South Lawn February 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Hollande is on a three-day state visit to the U.S. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (credit:Alex Wong via Getty Images)
Cameron-Hollande(13 of14)
Open Image ModalOXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 31: President of France François Hollande (L2) and Prime Minister of United Kingdom David Cameron (R) meet at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, January 31, 2014. (Photo by Prime Ministry of UK/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
NETHERLANDS-FRANCE-DIPLOMACY(14 of14)
Open Image ModalFrance\'s President François Hollande (C) is welcomed by Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) as he arrives for a meeting at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague on January 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PETER DEJONG (Photo credit should read PETER DEJONG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)