It is probably the worst-kept secret in France: President François Hollande wants to run for re-election next year as an incumbent. But more and more figures on the left are calling for a primary election to designate their candidate. They are unhappy with his economic policies but also with his security crackdown, just as the government's constitutional reform to broaden the state of emergency reaches parliament at the end of this week.

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