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French PM Valls running for president France election: PM Manuel Valls to run for president
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French Socialist PM Manuel Valls announces he is standing in next year's presidential election French Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced he is standing in next year's presidential election.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Mr Valls said he wanted to "give everything for France". He was speaking days after President Francois Hollande announced he would not be running.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Mr Valls will face other contenders in the Socialist primary next month.
If successful, he will be set to face Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election in April.