Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called on Monday for a big turnout in the second round of the Socialist primaries after a first round vote made left-wing rival Benoit Hamon frontrunner to represent the party in this year's presidential election.
A teenager who slapped former French prime minister Manuel Valls during an election campaign trip to Brittany was handed a three-month suspended sentence and was ordered to carry out 105 hours of community service, a prosecutor said on Wednesday (Jan 18).
Manuel Valls, who launched a bid for France's presidential election on Monday, would not gather enough support to go through to its second round, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday (Dec 7).
Prime Minister Manuel Valls yesterday announced that he is running for president, warning France's divided left that it risks letting anti-European candidate Marine Le Pen into office.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has publicly announced his candidacy for the left primary in preparation for the 2017 presidential election on Monday in Evry, a commune in the suburb of Paris, proposing "a new path" for "an independent France uncompromising on its values."
The regional government in the Spanish province of Valencia confirmed on Friday almost 3,000 hectares of woodland had been destroyed by four wildfires in the region over the past 48 hours.
Trade and Pacific issues and terrorism will be top of the agenda when French Prime Minister Manual Valls visits New Zealand next month, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Friday.
French air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria would be "necessary," said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday, adding surveillance mission over the conflict-torn Arab country would last as long as needed.
French lawmakers of the National Assembly passed Tuesday by 438 votes to 86 a controversial bill on expanding intelligence services' surveillance power.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed on Monday regret over U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry' s comments on possible negotiations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end years-long bloodshed in the Arab country.
France's national security alert system "Vigipirat" has been set at the highest level against possible terrror attacks since last week's shooting sprees in Paris, said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday.
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