French Left try to start fightback while they wait for Hollande

By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - France's ruling Socialists, staring at prospective humiliation in next year's presidential election, are cranking up their election machine in a bid to re-energise voters disenchanted by Francois Hollande's five years in power. As they marshaled forces for a weekend rally of leftist groups in Paris, leftist politicians piled pressure on the president, who has yet to say whether he intends to run for a second term. Hollande has until mid-December to decide.