Manuel Valls has resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in
the presidential election.French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was
appointed as the new Prime Minister today after Manuel Valls resigned to seek
the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said.
Cazeneuve, who has overseen the security forces’ reaction to
a string of jihadist attacks that have killed more than 230 people in France
over the past two years, will take control of the Socialist government until
legislative elections in June.
He was named Prime Minister after Valls presented his
resignation to President Francois Hollande early today.
Hollande’s office said Valls’ resignation had been accepted.
“The President of the Republic has appointed Bernard Cazeneuve as prime
minister and asked him to form the new government,” the statement said.
Valls, who had been prime minister for the past two and a
half years, announced yesterday he would step down to try to rally the
fractured French left ahead of a primary in January.
In a combative speech, 54-year-old Valls vowed to take the
fight to the conservative opposition and the far-right National Front, who are
both leading the Socialists in election polls.
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