Battle for France’s Right: Conservative Fillon vs. Moderate Juppé (part 1)

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We’re in the week between a first round of center-right primaries and next Sunday’s runoff where Nicolas Sarkozy’s former prime minister François Fillon is on track to seal the deal against the more moderate Alain Juppé.Ahead of a televised Thursday debate, is France really falling for a Catholic conservative who professes his love for Margaret Thatcher and taking an axe to half a million civil service jobs?
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