French Left seeks candidate to take election poisoned chalice


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  • Friday, 20 Jan 2017

French politicians (LtoR) Francois de Rugy, Manuel Valls, Arnaud Montebourg, Sylvia Pinel, Benoit Hamon, Vincent Peillon and Jean-Luc Bennahmias attend the final prime-time televised debate for the French left's presidential primaries in Paris, France, January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) - France's divided Left will this weekend narrow its search for a presidential candidate, though opinion polls show whoever emerges victor will struggle to head off humiliation in the April-May election.

The candidate must deal with the legacy of President Francois Hollande, whose ratings plummeted with his failure to turn the economy around. It appears a near-certainty that no Left representative will get beyond the April 23 first round.

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