Sarkozy loses conservative #primaries, ending bid for re-election
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/201116/sarkozy-loses-conservative-primaries-ending-bid-re-election
A large turnout was reported in Sunday’s first-round voting to elect #France’s conservative candidate to stand in next year’s presidential elections. Of the seven rivals, only the two who emerge in the lead will go on to run in next Sunday’s decisive second round. With the ruling French Left in broad disarray, it is widely predicted that whoever wins the Républicains primaries will find themselves facing far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the crunch second round of the presidential elections next May. Early partial results suggest François Fillon is well in the lead, followed by Alain Juppé with a slim lead over Nicolas Sarkozy. Follow the news and reactions as the results arrive through the evening in this live (...)