Far-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandal
Benoit Hamon, who yesterday saluted “the living, vibrant left” and promised to unite socialists and ecologists. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images The French Socialist Party on Sunday chose Benoit Hamon (49), a rebel from the far left of the party, by a wide margin to represent them in the first round of the presidential election on April 23rd.
Mr Hamon won the nomination with 58.65 per cent of the vote to 41.35 per cent for the former prime minister Manuel Valls , with 60 per cent of votes […]
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