Polls open in France to choose centre-right's presidential candidate, likely to oppose Le Pen
- 7 years ago
The polls are open in France to decide the centre-right’s candidate for the presidency, with the winner likely to oppose the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in May.
Two former prime ministers are going head-to-head for the second round of the conservative primaries.
Opinion polls put Francois Fillon in pole position after taking his challenger Alain Juppe by surprise, surging well past him in the first round.
Fillon has laid out a radical economic reform plan to ‘halt the decline of France’ which include cutting half a million public sector jobs and scrapping the 35 hour working week. Measures which his rival Juppe, calls ‘brutal’ and ‘unworkable’.
With the surprise win from Fillon in the first round, another upset could be in store when the results come in.
Two former prime ministers are going head-to-head for the second round of the conservative primaries.
Opinion polls put Francois Fillon in pole position after taking his challenger Alain Juppe by surprise, surging well past him in the first round.
Fillon has laid out a radical economic reform plan to ‘halt the decline of France’ which include cutting half a million public sector jobs and scrapping the 35 hour working week. Measures which his rival Juppe, calls ‘brutal’ and ‘unworkable’.
With the surprise win from Fillon in the first round, another upset could be in store when the results come in.