France's President Francois Hollande speaks as he meets students at the economic and social council in Paris, France, May 6, 2015. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist party members backed French President Francois Hollande's policies in an internal party vote, boosting his chances of standing unopposed for a re-election ticket in 2017 despite months of tension over the government's economic line.
With a large part of the vote counted, a broad-brush policy statement put forward by Hollande loyalists for the party's annual congress won more than 60 percent of the vote, a party official told Reuters on Friday.
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