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Socialist Party primary: and the winner is...

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This coming Sunday, one thing is for sure: we will have a Socialist candidate for next spring's presidential election here in France. But will it be Martine Aubry or François Hollande? They squared off yesterday on prime time TV for their final debate - we give you all the latest reactions to that ahead of Sunday's run-off vote.

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