Hollande has made 15 trips in six months to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War. The French president is keen to use the occasion to make a point about the importance of the war.
He is also keen to show that he is a man of the people, rather than a leader of a political party or a party of the same name. The president is also determined to make the most of his time in France, which he has spent in the war zone since it began.