French politician Manuel Valls, candidate for January's Socialist presidential primary, attends a political rally in Audincourt, eastern France, December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
PARIS (Reuters) - Two more French Socialist politicians prepared to join a jostling field for the party's presidential nomination on Thursday though polls showed Manuel Valls, who quit as premier launch his campaign, to be holding a solid lead.
The badly-divided Socialists, more adrift than ever since President Francois Hollande announced on Dec. 1 that he would not run for a second term, are seeking to settle on a candidate who can stop humiliation by a right-wing candidate next spring.
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