In a matter of weeks, former Prime Minister François Fillon – a deeply Catholic conservative with aims to slash social programs and the man Nicolas Sarkozy liked to call “Mr Nobody” – has shot to the forefront of French politics. His surprise success introduces an increasingly likely presidential stand-off between two conservative extremes: the very conservative Fillon and the far-right National Front’s Marine Le Pen.
It is now widely assumed he will become France’s next President following the general election in May 2017.
A Sofres poll this week predicts that François Fillon will come first in the primary round of the presidential …read more
Source: VICE News
