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French Election: Socialists say how they got it wrong
The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has proclaimed victory in the first round of the election, with projections showing he'll face a run-off with the far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen in May. The result is a rebuke to the mainstream socialist and conservative political parties. The BBC's Nuala McGovern, in the southern French city of Nice, asked the Socialist MEP, Pervenche Beres, where did it go wrong for the Socialist party and their candidate Benoit Hamon?
(Photo: Benoit Hamon Credit: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)
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