Wikipedia has him aligning more with Germany, one gets the feeling Cameron has bet our military future on putting ones eggs in a combined basket, to now find the basket has a hole in it.
François Hollande - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Policies
Foreign policy: supports the withdrawal of French troops present in Afghanistan by the end of 2012.[29]
European politics: aims to conclude a new contract of Franco-German partnership and he advocates the adoption of a Directive on the protection of public services. Proposes closer Franco-German partnership: "an acceleration of the establishment of a Franco-German civic service, the creation of a Franco-German research office, the creation of a Franco-German industrial fund to finance common competitiveness clusters (transport, energy or environment) and the establishment of a common military headquarters."[30]