French presidential bid: Aubry concedes defeat in primary

PARIS: Martine Aubry conceded defeat in the French Socialist Party’s presidential primary on Sunday and called for unity behind  Francois Hollande, whose mission will be to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy in an election next April. “I will invest all my strength and energy to ensure that he (Hollande) is the president of France seven months from now,” Aubry said as partial results in the Socialist primary contest showed Hollande taking more than 56 percent of votes.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2011