Francois Hollande's inauguration

Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honor, from Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, chancellor of France's National Order of the Legion of Honor, as he's officially named France's president on May 15, 2012, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris.

France's President Francois Hollande takes the hands of his companion, Valerie Trierweiler, after delivering a speech during a tribute ceremony to the 19th century education reformer Jules Ferry, at the Tuileries Garden in Paris.

This ceremony followed the formal handover of investiture ceremony between France's president Francois Hollande and his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, on May 15, 2012.

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, leave the Elysee presidential Palace after the formal investiture ceremony on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

France's President Francois Hollande's Republican guard escort is pictured after the formal investiture ceremony, on May 15, 2012, at Elysee Palace in Paris.

France's President Francois Hollande's Republican guard escort is pictured during a parade on the Champs-Elysee after the formal investiture on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes his successor Francois Hollande upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace for the formal investiture on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves in a car from the Elysee presidential Palace after the investiture ceremony on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

The great necklace of France's National Order of the Legion of Honor is pictured during the official investiture ceremony for France's President-elect Francois Hollande on May 15, 2012, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris.

France's President Francois Hollande parades in a Citroen DS5 hybrid flanked by the Republican guard on the Champs-Elysee after being officially invested as France's president, on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

French outgoing first lady Carla Bruni, left, welcomes Valerie Trierweiler, companion of France's President-elect Francois Hollande, prior to the start of the investiture ceremony on May 15, 2012, at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.

Valerie Trierweiler, companion of France's president-elect Francois Hollande, arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, to attend an official investiture on May 15, 2012.

Valerie Trierweiler, companion of France's President-elect Francois Hollande, arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, to attend the formal investiture on May 15, 2012.

France's President Francois Hollande waves to the crowd as he parades in a Citroen DS5 hybrid on the Champs-Elysee after being officially invested as France's president, on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

France's President Francois Hollande looks at Carla Bruni greeting Valerie Trierweiler after the investiture ceremony on May 15, 2012, in Paris.

France's president Francois Hollande and his companion, Valerie Trierweiler, leave the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, after he was invested as France's president on May 15, 2012.

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, leave the Elysee presidential Palace on May 15, 2012.

French President Francois Hollande commemorates the unknown soldier during a military ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe following his official investiture at the Elysee Palace, May 15, 2012. Rain started pouring down on Champs-Elysees as Hollande rode up its center, standing out of a sunroof of his hybrid Citroen DS5, trailed by dozens of Republican Guardsmen on horseback and motorcycle. His suit was visibly drenched within moments.

Hollande, 57, was elected to a five-year term earlier this month after voters ousted incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy after only one term.

French President Francois Hollande looks out of his car as he rides up Champ-Elysses after the presidential handover ceremony, May 15, 2012, in Paris.

Hollande became president of France on May 15, 2012, in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country with deep debts. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background.

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