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French Socialist and hard-left candidates fail to reach alliance deal

Benoit Hamon, French Socialist party 2017 presidential candidate, attends a political rally in Arras, France February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - French Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon and hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon have failed to agree on a possible alliance in the upcoming presidential election, the two men indicated on Sunday.

Their inability to reach a deal appeared to rule out any chance for the left to reach the runoff of the two-round April-May vote.

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