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France’s Ex-Education Minister Announces Candidacy for Socialist Party Primaries

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France’s Ex-Education Minister Announces Candidacy for Socialist Party Primaries

06:31 GMT 12.12.2016 (Updated: 06:38 GMT 12.12.2016)

French Education Minister Vincent Peillon leaving after attending the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris (File) - Sputnik International

According to reports, France’s former Education Minister Vincent Peillon announced his candidacy for the Socialist Party’s primaries to choose a candidate to run in the 2017 presidential election.

Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, reacts as he delivers his speech after partial results in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France, November 27, 2016. - Sputnik International

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – France’s former Education Minister Vincent Peillon announced his candidacy for the Socialist Party’s primaries to choose a candidate to run in the 2017 presidential election.

"The primaries are a machine to produce unity … I want to be the candidate of reunion," Peillon said on France 2 television channel on Sunday.

Peillon noted that he decided to run for the presidency on the day when French President Francois Hollande said he would not seek re-election.

The ruling Socialist Party is preparing for two rounds of primaries in January. Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls is among the declared candidates for the Socialist Party's nomination.

The French presidential elections will take place in April and May 2017.