Segolene Royal has emerged as the left's candidate for the presidential elections in France next year following a socialist party vote on Thursday (16 November) evening.
Ms Royal saw off her two rivals, former finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn and former prime minister Laurent Fabius to scoop 60.62 percent of the vote.
Her fellow contenders got 20.83 and 18.54 percent respectively.
"You will not be disappointed," Ms Royal said directly after the vote from her home in h...
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