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French left to name PM candidate this week

AFP, Paris

Published: 08 Jul 2024, 02:11 PM

French left to name PM candidate this week

Participants wave French national tricolours during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris on 7 July 2024. Photo: AFP

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The French left will choose a candidate for prime minister from within their victorious electoral coalition within the week, Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure said on Monday.

Faure's socialists are one of the left-wing parties that make up the New Popular Front (NFP), the alliance that won the most seats -- but no outright majority -- in Sunday's parliamentary election.

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