Poll: Former French PM Valls' Lead in Socialist Primaries Narrows

Former French prime minister Manuel Valls' lead over his opponents in upcoming Socialist primaries has narrowed, an Ifop poll published by the weekly Journal du Dimanche showed on Sunday. Valls, who is on the right wing of his party, was predicted to win 36 percent of the first-round vote on January 22, compared to 45 percent in the same poll in December. The scores of his main leftist challenger, Arnaud Montebourg, eased by one point to 24 percent of voting intentions, but the...

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