German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached out to new French President Francois Hollande on Sunday evening, inviting him to Berlin, despite having campaigned for his rival during the election campaign.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has attacked French presidential candidate François Hollande in the middle of France's presidential election, warning him that the EU's new Fiscal Compact was not up for discussion.
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats moved swiftly on Monday to bask in the reflected glory of Socialist François Hollande's success in the first round of the French presidential election.
