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French Elections: Hollande for president?

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Will France soon have a Socialist president for the first time since 1988? There are now only ten days to go before we will know who will come out on top in round one of the presidential elections.

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By FRANCE 24

On the set:

  • Philip Turle, Journalist, RFI;
  • Jean-Marc Gonin, Senior Writer, Le Figaro Magazine.
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