French conventional wisdom says that the likely next president was among the seven politicians debating on TV on Thursday evening (13 October).
For the first time, the center-right party The Republicans (LR) is organising a primary election to choose its candidate for the presidential elections next year.
All eyes were on the two favourites, former French president and party leader Nicolas Sarkozy, and Alain Juppe, a former primer minister who was also twice foreign minister.
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