PARIS — Manuel Valls, France's Socialist prime minister, announced Monday evening that he will run for the French presidency in next spring's election, promising that France would remain a bulwark of progress amid a global turn to the right. Valls will run against others for the Socialist Party's candidacy, and if successful, he will likely face Francois Fillon of the Republican Party and Marine Le Pen of the far-right Front National in the first round of the presidential election next spring.
Bernard Cazeneuve is announced as the new Prime Minister of France replacing Manuel Valls who is contesting the 2017 French Presidential Election.