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The French press has all but written off France’s right-wing presidential primary as a duel between Alain Juppé and Nicolas Sarkozy. The five other candidates in the race hope to use Thursday night’s televised debate to change that impression. The "underdog" presidential hopefuls lashed out at the media and opinion polls this week, blaming them for painting the main opposition Les Républicains’ primary as a contest solely between Juppé, a former prime minister, and Sarkozy, France’s president from 2007 to 2012. “French people simply don’t know whom they will vote for yet,” Jérôme Chartier, the spokesman for former prime minister François Fillon, said at a press conference on Tuesday. MP Bruno Le Maire offered a similar indictment the same day, telling RTL radio that the media’s obsession with Juppé and Sarkozy was “preventing the emergence of other candidates.” The challengers have insisted that Les Républicains' party primaries – which will be held in tw,francescas,france,frances conroy,france flag,france map,frances bean cobain,france 24,france news,frances bavier,france national team ...ادامه مطلب