Benoit Hamon wins in the French socialist primary EPA/Jeremy Lempin. EPA/Jeremy Lempin There was some speculation in the week running up to the vote that the right of the Socialist party would ...

Benoit Hamon. Wikimedia commons. Public domain. A few years ago, in a televised chat with other French progressives, Benoît Hamon succinctly exposed the essence of our troubles in Europe: “[EU] ...

Benoît Hamon is unlikely to make it into the final round of the French presidential election next month. But his candidacy has been a breath of fresh air for French socialists after François ...

Benoit Hamon, the surprise frontrunner in the French Socialists’ presidential nominating contest, is on a mission to reclaim the party’s leftist roots. Hamon, 49, whose signature proposal is the ...

Hamon, 49, whose signature proposal is the introduction of a universal basic income, is ahead of reformist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls as Sunday's leftwing primary showdown looms. Instead, their ...