French Socialist Party voting itself into oblivion

reports:

Benoît Hamon, the staunchly leftwing outsider who wants to introduce a universal basic , legalise cannabis and tax has topped the poll in the first round of the Socialist primary race to choose a presidential candidate. He will face the pro-business former prime minister Manuel Valls in a final-round clash between the party's warring leftwing and free-market factions. …

Hamon, 49, a Socialist MP in Yvelines outside , was the youngest and furthest left of the in the Socialist primary. He wants to reduce the working week from 35 to 32 hours, levy a tax on robots and provide a monthly universal basic income for 18 to 25-year-olds which will then be extended to all.

This helps explain why the Socialist Party is currently in 5th place in the .

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