French left to name PM candidate this week
The Hindu
French left to select prime minister candidate from victorious coalition led by Socialist Party's Olivier Faure.
The French left will choose a candidate for prime minister from within their victorious electoral coalition within the week, Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure said on July 8.
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Mr. Faure's socialists are one of the left-wing parties that make up the New Popular Front (NFP), the alliance that won the most seats - but no outright majority - in Sunday's parliamentary election.
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