Jan. 30 (UPI) -- In a come from behind victory in the French left's presidential primary, voters chose Benoît Hamon, though few think he has a chance to make it out of the runoff round of the general election.
Hamon beat out Manuel Valls, a former prime minister in the Socialist Party, by 17 points based on his stronger platform among French Socialists, which includes a universal basic income, a surplus approach to improving jobs and the economy and a plan to push drivers from diesel cars to those using renewable energy.