Christian Bataille (born 31 May 1946 in

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) is a French politician of the

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(PS) who served as a member of the

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, representing the

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department. In parliament, he was part of the SRC parliamentary group.

Political career

Bataille represented Nord's 22nd constituency from 1988 until the 2012 election (the constituency was abolished in the 2010 redistricting). He later represented the 12th constituency until 2017. Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Bataille endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the

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later that year.Grégoire Poussielgue and Pierre-Alain Furbury (15 December 2016)
Primaire du PS : Valls engrange les soutiens
'' Les Échos''.

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