Monday 23 January 2017

UBI backer tops French socialist primary

Benoit Hamon / Marion Germa / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

A vocal supporter of basic income, Benoit Hamon came out first in the first round of the socialist primary, Basic Income reports.

Hamon won Saturday's first round of the French left-wing primary with 36% of the vote, ahead of the former Prime Minister Manuel Valls (31%) and Arnaud Montebourg (18%).

Hamon immediately received the support of his fellow main competitor Montebourg for the second round of the election, which should secure his victory against the former Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the second round.

Sometimes described in the international media as the ‘French Jeremy Corbyn’, Hamon, 49 years old, was Education Minister and Minister for the Solidarity Economy under President François Hollande. He was pushed to resignation after a government reshuffle in August 2014.

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