And no wonder the French stockmarket rose on the news of his appointment.
Going head-to-head with Julian White, regarded as the most destructive scrummager in Europe, French rose to the challenge magnificently.
In France in the mid-1980s, the online Minitel Rose services gave the French a new opportunity to talk away the evenings through their little beige videotex terminals.
In Germany, the DAX 30 index added 1.8% to 6539.85 in Germany, while the French CAC 40 index rose 1.5% to 3363.23 and London's FTSE 100 moved 1.3% higher to 5795.20.
Mr Hollande's meeting with Mr Mittal came on the day when French unemployment figures rose again, to its highest level since April 1998.
The spread between French and German 10 year paper rose 5 basis point to 106bps basis points after the measures were unveiled.
French unemployment rose for the second month running, to 8.9%.
The premiums investors have to pay to hold Italian and French 10-year government debt over benchmark German Bunds rose to their highest in the euro era Thursday with signs growing that the Greek government may fall.
French bond yields also rose Monday, after the first round of France's elections Sunday reinforced expectations that Socialist candidate Francois Hollande will unseat President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The French CAC-40 index gained 1.1%, to 3266.27, and rose 2.4% on the week, snapping a five-week losing streak.
The Mary Rose saw 34 years of service before she sank while leading an attack on a French invasion fleet in 1545, and was raised 437 years later on 11 October 1982.
It got worse for Barca as Real's young French centre half Raphael Varane rose unchecked from a corner to head home a third goal that truly knocked the stuffing out of the home side.
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