The French Socialist party, alongside other associated micro-parties, will hold an open primary race to choose its presidential candidate on 22 and 29 January and candidates have until 15 December to declare. Candidates from the hard-left to the centre-left could now include:Manuel VallsFacebook Twitter Pinterest French prime minister Manuel Valls. He took only 5% of the vote in the last Socialist primary race in 2011. Arnaud MontebourgFacebook Twitter Pinterest Former French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg. A former Socialist minister, he has emerged as the tub-thumping philosopher-leader of the radical left.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2016 22:54 UTC