French PM calls for unity after Socialist party infighting

Manuel Valls greeted with applause and angry whistling during speech to party conference a week after dissolving government

The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, was greeted with applause and angry whistling on Sunday as he made a valiant attempt to calm dissent that has split the ruling Socialist party.

Valls urged rebels in the party who are angry at the administration's swerve away from traditional leftwing policies to show some restraint and "self-respect".

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