Socialist Candidate Hamon Sinks in France as He Meets Merkel
- Hamon slips to fifth place in polls after lackluster debate
- Socialist candidate meets German chancellor in Berlin
French Candidates Debate Programs to Business Lobby
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Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon is in Berlin Tuesday, desperate for anything that can revive his struggling French election campaign.
Hamon may represent France’s oldest political party, but his polling numbers have been on the slide since the party’s primary in January and he’s now languishing in fifth place. On his left he’s been overtaken by Communist-backed Jean-Luc Melenchon and in the center he’s seen a steady stream of Socialists endorse independent Emmanuel Macron.