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Sunday 29 January 2017

France - Live: Socialists Hamon and Valls face off in French presidential primary: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 29 Jan 2017
Yesterday's outsider - is now favored to win...Benoît Hamon - the man representing the socialist party's left wingvoted in the Paris suburb of Trappes...He says that if he wins the primary - his first goal will be to unite the party.a few minutes after Hamon - his rival - former Prime minister Manuel Valls cast his own ballot - in Every - where he used to be mayor.in the first round - Valls was five percentage points behind Hamon..but much more than that gap separates the 2 men who have opposite views on almost every issue.◄br /► Valls says he's the realistic Left: believing that helping businesses is good for everyone...He wants to fight radical islam and makes security one of his priorities.meanwhile Hamon - wants to focus on social issues and invest in green energy.One of his campaign promises has brought him much attention:universal income for allan idea Valls says is impossible to implement - because it's too expensive.whoever wins - will face the right and far right candidatesthey'll also confront independent centrist Emmanuel Macron,far left candidate: Jean-Luc Mélenchon.so far - Hamon and Valls have been lagging behind in opinion pollsbut they hope the victory in the primary will boost their popularity.

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