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Invested by the presidential majority in the legislative elections to represent the French abroad, Manuel Valls was eliminated in the first round, Sunday June 5.
From the first round of the legislative elections, Manuel Valls was eliminated from the 5th constituency of French people living abroad, Sunday June 5. Yet supported by President Emmanuel Macron, the former Prime Minister is beaten by the candidate of the left alliance, Renaud Le Berre, and the outgoing deputy and dissident of the presidential majority, Stéphane Vojetta.
Successively Mayor of Évry, Deputy of Essonne, Minister of the Interior then Premier minister, Manuel Valls lost the primary of the left in 2017. A year later, the Franco-Spanish announced that he was done with French political life, before failing to win the town hall of Barcelona (Spain). In 2022, is this one defeat too many for Manuel Valls? After acknowledging his elimination, the former PS figure deleted his Twitter account.