Splintered left: French Socialists divided ahead of primary run-off (part 1)

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France’s primaries of the Socialists and the left have narrowed down to two finalists: former education minister Benoit Hamon and former prime minister Manuel Valls. With elections coming up in Germany and the Netherlands, is the future of Europe populist and nationalist? Or do voters simply want their left to be more left and their right to be more right, this as they grapple with an era of uncertainty over jobs, wages, and identity?
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