As populist movements heat up in Europe in the era of Brexit and Trump, French leftists have decided to entrench themselves into running on a pro-European Union ticket in the coming election.

Due to a growing number of terrorist attacks spurred on by the Middle-Eastern migrant crisis, right-wing factions in France may very well achieve victory in the coming April-May elections, according to the latest polls. 

Leftist defeat in the election became all but sealed when socialist President Francois Hollande announced he would not be running for re-election after his approval rating sank to historic lows. Stepping up to replace him could be either National Front leader Marine Le Pen or Conservative Party favorite Francois Fillon.  

Despite the European Union's growing unpopularity in the face of nationalist forces, leftist candidates Manuel Valls and Vincent Peillon have proposed platforms to stay in the expanding bureaucracy, hoping it would clinch them the nomination in the primary.  

"Valls, a Spanish-born former prime minister, said the solution to disillusionment with the EU is to 're-found' and defend it, notably with tougher taxes on non-EU imports," reports Breitbart. 

Peillon made similar promises, calling for "stronger external EU borders and more spending on migration policy."

A total of seven candidates will compete for the Socialist party's nomination for the primary between January 22 and 29.