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Will crawling into bed with France's hard left save or sink the Socialists?

Are there still blue skies ahead for the Socialist Party (PS) and its slogan "PS human progress"? AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANT

France's long-established Socialist Party has fallen into line behind the hard-left France Unbowed, joining a left-wing alliance aimed at depriving President Emmanuel Macron of a majority in parliament in next month’s elections. Some party heavyweights see it as the final nail in the coffin of the fractured Socialists; others feel it's an opportunity for revival. But does the PS really have a choice?

Winning just 1.8 percent of the vote in the presidential election first round in April, the Socialist Party (PS) hit a new low in its steady decline towards political oblivion.

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