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Socialist outsider and ex-PM Valls head for runoff in presidential primary
Benoit Hamon, a former Socialist government rebel, won the first round of a primary on Jan. 22, and will meet ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in a runoff to decide who will be the candidate of the beleaguered left in a presidential election in spring.
Hamon Wins First Round of French Socialists Primary Elections
Primary elections of political parties continue in France three months before the presidential elections.
On Monday, the biggest surprise came from the Socialists camp. The winner in the first round of the elections turned out to be Benoît Hamon, former Education Minister at the beginning of the presidency of François Hollande.