French Primary Results Are In: Conservative Fillon Trounces Moderate Juppe With 69% Of Vote
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Nov 27, 2016
As previewed this morning, in Sunday’s biggest political highlight – the runoff round in the French Republican primary – moments ago the results have started trickling in and it is shaping up as a monumental victory for Francois Fillon, who served as French prime minister from 2007-2012, and who according to the provisional count has roughly 69% of the primary vote, in a move that may once again prove beneficial for Marine Le Pen as the more moderate, and former favorite, Alain Juppe is now almost certainly eliminated.
FILLON HAS ABOUT 69.5% OF PRIMARY VOTE, PROVISIONAL COUNT SHOWS
JUPPE HAS ABOUT 30.5% OF VOTE, PROVISIONAL COUNT SHOWS
The vote’s outcome means that it will be up to Fillon to prevent the collapse of the French establishment, as it will be up to him to prevent Le Pen from winning in next May’s presidential election. It remains to be seen how successful he is in unifying the anti-protest vote.
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