French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a visit at the Groupe Le Marais primary school on the first day of the new school year in Pouilly-sur-Serre, near Laon, northern France, September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
PARIS(Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's Socialists, hit by internal divisions, splits with other left-leaning parties and his own deep unpopularity, face defeat in regional elections in December that bodes ill for their chances in the 2017 presidential race.
Meeting in La Rochelle on the west coast for its annual end-of-summer gathering last weekend under the motto "Act as one", the Socialist Party appeared everything but.
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