article_snippet: It is a huge boost for the 60-year-old former President who - despite facing a string of corruption charges - is convinced he can become head of state again in 2017.
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article_snippet: Mr Valls must now hear the message of voters and have the decency to hand in Mr Valls resignation to the president,' she told supporters of the centrist reformer, who Hollande already said will remain in post whatever the final vote outcome.
article_snippet: Prime Minister Manuel Valls emerges from a voting booth after casting Prime Minister Manuel Valls vote in the first round of the French departmental elections .