France's Hollande gets poll rebound after attacks, FN flat

French President Francois Hollande attends a New Year ceremony for business and employment sector representatives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande saw a spectacular revival in his dismal popularity ratings on Monday as two major surveys showed French voters applauding his handling of the country's most deadly Islamist attacks.

The boost for Hollande and his government, however temporary, prevented the anti-immigrant National Front party of Marine Le Pen from capitalising on this month's Paris violence as some analysts had predicted, one of the surveys showed.