Benoit Hamon, French Socialist party 2017 presidential candidate gives a statement after meeting Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz in Berlin, Germany, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande's election as president in 2012 was supposed to herald a new dawn for French socialism after 17 years of right-wing rule, but by June his party could be struggling to survive.
Weeks before the start of an election to pick France's next president, the ruling bloc is in tatters. Socialist Party (PS) nominee Benoit Hamon is floundering after adopting a hard-left programme that alienated more moderate colleagues.
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