French Socialist Valls keeps door open to backing Macron for presidency

French Socialist presidential hopeful Manuel Valls distanced himself from his main rival for his party's presidential ticket on Friday and left open the door to backing centrist independent Emmanuel Macron instead. The former prime minister, who is from the right wing of his party, made the comment on BFM TV ahead of a head-to-head vote in a primary on Sunday in which his leftwing rival Benoit Hamon is favorite to beat him to become the official Socialist candidate. "I will take a back seat," Va