Left Front in the same constituency. He led in the first round on 10 June 2012 with 34.56% of the vote and was elected on 17 June with 56.84% of the vote against the Radical Party candidate, Marianne Duranton (43.16%). Jihadism in France In February 2015 the Prime Minister Manuel Valls named Malek Boutih as parliamentarian assigned to consider the analysis and prevention of "new generations turning to terrorism in connection with jihadist networks". This report was handed over in June 2015, titled Génération radicale ("Radical Generation"). One of its major conclusions was: Warmly welcomed by members of the opposition, but more discretely by the Socialist majority, this report was criticised especially for its sources, such as Frigid Barjot and for the prominence granted to Pierre Bellanger, founder and CEO of radio station Skyrock where Boutih worked as Manager of Institutional Relations. For Libération the report "caricatures young people as thirsty for recognition, radicalised and inured to violence" and the daily laughs at certain suggestions such as creating "night clubs run by associations and publicly financed" to avoid people being turned away. Socialist Primary and 2017 Legislative election In between the two rounds of the Socialist Party Primary to select a Presidential candidate, Malek Boutih vehemently attacked Benoît Hamon maintaining that he would be "in harmony with an Islamo-Leftist fringe [to whom] he would make a discreet electoral appeal" and branded him the candidate for Indigènes de la République (an anti-racist, anti-colonial, anti-Zionist party accused of racism, anti-semitism, homophobia and antifeminism). These remarks divided the supporters of Manuel Valls. On 30 March, he announced on Europe 1 that he would support the candidate for En Marche!, Emmanuel Macron, from the first round of the presidential election. In anticipation of the 2017 Legislative elections, he sought nomination as a candidate for La République en marche !. The nomination was refused and he competed in the election as an independent. He was eliminated in the first round with 12.39% of the vote. Other posts and honours Malek Boutih is also an administrator of the Collège des personnalités qualifiées du Paris Saint-Germain. He is Manager of Institutional Relations at the radio station Skyrock. He received the medal of a knight of the National Order of Merit in 2001. In 2003, he received the prize awarded by the Senate for 'political discovery of the year'. He personally supports the Geneva Initiative, an alternative peace