A bitter public attack by a jilted ex-partner, a cabinet melt-down and the admission of broken economic promises have meant an uncomfortable three weeks for Francois Hollande. But the hardest is yet to come for the French president, who this week embarks on a struggle to convince Socialist allies, the French people and his European Union partners that he is still fit to run the euro zone's second largest economy. On Tuesday he must stifle dissent within party ranks against his latest government team to win a confidence vote, thus averting new parliamentary elections his camp would be sure to lose. Two days later he ... (full story)