Yahoo / Reuters: French conservatives rally voters in tightening primaries race - Juppe: "I am not Hillary Clinton" - "Some market analysts have started taking more seriously the possibility Le Pen could become president."

Telegraph

PARIS (Reuters) - The race for France's conservative presidential nomination looked tighter than ever on Saturday, with voting due to begin within 24 hours and polls suggesting whoever emerges on top will make it all the way to the Elysee Palace.

Ahead of Sunday's vote, which will select two candidates for the decisive Nov. 27 second round, centrist Alain Juppe had lost most or all of his early polling lead as his fellow former prime minister Francois Fillon enjoyed a late surge.

After Britain's shock "Brexit" vote in June and last week's election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, the French election next spring will be the next test of strength between weakened mainstream political forces and rising populist insurgents. ...

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