Juppé ahead in French presidential primaries

Former prime minister Alain Juppé has widened his lead over rival Nicolas Sarkozy to win the centre-right’s nomination for France’s 2017 presidential election. Sarkozy’s hardline strategy on law and order seems to be backfiring as the primaries vote nears

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Bruno Le Maire

VOTING INTENTION
FIRST ROUND (Nov 20)
Alain Juppé 41%
Nicolas Sarkozy 30%
François Fillon 12%
Bruno Le Maire 11%
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet 4%
Jean- François Copé 1%
Jean-Frédéric Poisson 1%

RUN-OFF (Nov 27)
Alain Juppé 60%
Nicolas Sarkozy 40%

Primaries open to allwho share centre-right values – not restricted to members of Republicains party

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Ipsos, Cevipof, Le Monde survey of 17,047 voters between
Oct 14-19. Margin of error ± 0.8-2.9 points