Former French PM Valls to Run for Barcelona Mayor

Former French prime minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday he would run for mayor of Barcelona, the first time a high-profile European politician has entered a major election in another country and a risky political bid for him. Valls was born in Barcelona in 1962 to a Catalan father and Swiss-Italian mother but raised in France. He has spent all his political career in France —  as a mayor, a member of the National Assembly, a minister and the head of the government. Following his...

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