<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: All Politics Isn’t Local
A former French prime minister is running for office in Spain. Plus: a massive political upset in Wisconsin, movies and shows to watch this week, and more
by Saahil Desai
Apr 05, 2019
3 minutes
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What We’re Following
One mayoral candidate in Barcelona used to be the prime minister … of France. Manuel Valls was born in Barcelona to a Catalan father, but at an early age he moved to France before ascending the ranks in the country’s Socialist Party. After stepping down as prime minister in 2016, he decamped to Barcelona. His campaign, like his dual identity, is centered on the ideal of a global, transnational Europe—but in the , that notion seems almost quaint. Valls has so far skirted charges of
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