Farida Amrani, the far-left candidate who ran against Valls for MP last year, said (link in French): “Tonight, when I listen to him say ‘I love Barcelona,’ I turn to the inhabitants of [Essonne] and I am really sad and disappointed for them. … He betrayed his country and now he is simply betraying his homeland.”

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