French PM Valls announces presidential bid

World Monday 05/December/2016 21:57 PM
By: Times News Service
French PM Valls announces presidential bid

EVRY (France): French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday he was a candidate for next year's presidential election and wanted to unite the Left.
"Yes, I am candidate for the presidency of the Republic," Valls said in a speech to supporters in his fiefdom of Evry, south of Paris.
His announcement followed a primary ballot in which Francois Fillon, a 62-year-old ex-prime minister, secured a resounding win to become the presidential candidate of the centre-right Les Republicains party.
The leftwing primaries take place in January and the presidential election in two rounds in April and May.