France: Hollande Would Govern with Male Veterans, New Women

If Socialist challenger Francois Hollande wins Sunday's French presidential election as expected, his government would include trusted old hands and as many women as men.

Hollande's former partner, Segolene Royal, 58, who lost to Sarkozy in the 2007 election, has hinted she expects to become president of the lower house of parliament after June elections.

But to fulfill his pledge of a gender-balanced government, Hollande will need to draw on a younger generation of women from the long male-dominated Socialist Party.

Read the complete story at Reuters, published 2 May 2012.