Sarkozy Concedes Defeat In First Republican Primary, Backs Fillon

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy admits defeat in conservative presidential primary and endorses centrist Fillon — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 20, 2016

Update: It’s official – not only is Sarkozy out, but he is backing Francois Fillon, in a setback for the alleged – if only according to the ever more embarrassing industry of pollsters – frontrunner for the presidency, Alain Juppe, and another big win for Marine Le Pen.
Less than four months after he announced (what he hoped would be) his triumphal return to politics, the hopes of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have imploded, as a result of a poor showing in today’s first presidential primary in France in which the conservatives will pick their candidate for president.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 20, 2016.