Juppe And Fillon Clash For Republican Nomination As France Picks Marine Le Pen’s Opponent

Following last weekend’s latest latest “stunning” political outcome, in which French former PM Francois Fillon trounced pollsters’ favorite Alain Juppe in the first round of the French conservative primary and which saw the latest political career termination for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Sunday the two former prime ministers are going head-to-head in a runoff vote for France’s center-right presidential nomination, with the victor expected to face a showdown against a resurgent Marine Le Pen in the May 2017 presidential election.
In next year’s presidential election, the conservative nominee’s toughest competition will come from the right-wing National Front leader Marine Le Pen. Polls in the build-up to the primaries showed Le Pen ahead in the first round of next year’s vote, with a Republican candidate also making it to the runoff. France goes to the polls in April 2017 for the presidential election with the second round scheduled to be held in May.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 27, 2016.

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