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Francois Fillon: France's right-wing frontrunner
He was not taken seriously until his late acceleration in the two-month presidential primary campaign
Published Sun, Nov 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Paris
FRANCOIS Fillon, the man tipped to win the French right-wing presidential nomination on Sunday, is a free-market reformer, devout Catholic and motor sport fan who has promised to transform France.
Mr Fillon, 62, has professed admiration for Britain's 1980s prime minister Margaret Thatcher and vowed to slash public spending to shrink the French state.
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