Fillon Wins French Republicans’ 2017 Presidential Nomination
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Fillon Wins French Republicans' Presidential Nomination
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Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon was nominated as the French Republicans’ candidate for next year’s presidential election, as voters on the right picked a figure promising tough economic reforms and unabashedly embracing traditional values to lead their party back to power.
With about half the vote counted and Fillon leading by almost 40 percentage points, his rival Alain Juppe conceded and called on his supporters to rally behind the winner. Fillon led by 67 percent to 33 percent with almost all the polling stations having reported.