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1st LD: French PM announces candidacy for 2017 presidential race

Xinhua, December 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

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.

"I am a candidate for the presidency of the Republic," he said, adding that "I want to give everything to France." I have this strength in me, this desire to serve my country, it is beyond words. "

"I can no longer be prime minister," he said, adding that he would leave office since Tuesday. Endit