Ex-French PM Valls and his social rival to face off in final round of presidential primaries

Ex-French PM Valls and his social rival to face off in final round of presidential primaries

Former French minister Benoit Hamon and Former French Prime Minister and candidate Manuel Valls © Jacky Naegelen / Charles Platiau / Reuters Former Education Minister Benoit Hamon has won the first round of the French Socialist Party primary. He will now battle former PM Manuel Valls in a second round to decide the Socialist candidate for the presidential poll in spring.

Hamon gained over 420,000 votes in Sunday’s ballot and secured 36 percent of the vote. Valls who served as Francois Hollande’s prime minister from 2014 to 2016 and interior minister from 2012 to 2014, garnered just over 360,000 votes.

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