Manuel Valls, former French prime minister and presidential primary candidate, reacts during a campaign visit in Villeurbanne, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - French President elect Emmanuel Macron's party will not put up a candidate in the constituency where former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls stands, a senior official of the centrist's Republic on the Move party said on Thursday.
Valls, whose political views are similar to Macron's and who represents a moderate grouping on the right of a deeply divided Socialist party, has said he wants to play a role in Macron's presidential majority.
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