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		</div><p>French prime minister Manuel Valls has announced his candidacy for next year&#8217;s presidential election.</p>
<p>Mr Valls will face other contenders in the Socialist primary next month.<br />
<i>&#8220;I want to give everything for France,&#8221;</i> the 54-year-old said in a speech in the Paris suburb of Evry.</p>
<p>He said he will quit his job on Tuesday in order to focus on his presidential bid.</p>
<p>His announcement comes a few days after unpopular president Francois Hollande said he will not run again, in the hope of giving the Socialist party a chance to win in the presidential election with a different candidate.</p>
<p>Mr Valls said he wants to defeat the far-right, led by National Front leader Marine Le Pen, and conservative candidate Francois Fillon.</p>
<p>A centre-leaning Socialist with a tough line on security and immigration, Mr Valls is somewhat more popular than his boss, but their party is in deep disarray over the government&#8217;s handling of the economy.</p>
<p>He is now considered the favourite for the Socialist primary, but needs to overcome divisions within the party.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;My candidacy is that of conciliation, of reconciliation,&#8221;</i> Mr Valls promised.</p>
<p>Former economy minister Arnaud Montebourg and former education minister Benoit Hamon, who have joined a group of Socialist rebels opposed to Mr Valls&#8217;s pro-business policies, have announced their candidacy, alongside other lower-profile candidates.</p>
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