French president Francois Hollande has sacked his prime minister and replaced him with popular interior minister Manuel Valls after the Socialist party suffered major losses to the conservatives and far-right in the local elections.
President Hollande of France sacked his Prime Minister, after a terrible set of results for their socialist party over the weekend. France's far-right National Front party triumphed at the polls, gaining its greatest election success to date.
The party won a number of new seats in wealthy towns across the south of the country.
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In a televised speech, a humble Hollande promised voters he had heard their vote against his party, and promised to listen and "start a new state."
Europe Editor James Mates reports.
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