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Hamon: "Old recipes and old solutions don't work" (Photo: Benoit Hamon/Facebook)

Leftist newcomer takes lead in French Socialist primary

Newcomer Benoit Hamon and former prime minister Manuel Valls qualified on Sunday (22 January) for the second round of France's left-wing presidential primary, in a contest that will shape the future of the ruling Socialist Party.

Hamon, a 49-year old former MEP and former education minister, came first of the primary's first round with 36.35 percent of the votes, ahead of Valls with 31.11 percent.


Arnaud Montebourg, a former finance minister and one-time frontrunner, came third w...

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