11-02-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com

France's Hollande reshuffles cabinet with eye on 2017 election

By Ingrid Melander and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Thursday broadened his cabinet to include the heads of two smaller left-wing parties, looking beyond his Socialist party in a bid to improve his faltering chances of re-election in 2017. Dogged by deep unpopularity and public anger over unemployment, Hollande hopes the reshuffle will widen his voter appeal and discourage other leftist candidates from running against him. Michel Sapin stays on as finan
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