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Who won le débat? Fierce face-off between Sarkozy and Hollande

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It was indeed a slugfest, but will the feistiest French candidates' debate in history change voters’ minds? François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy still have to convince often-volatile undecided voters in the home stretch to Sunday’s presidential run-off.

DEBATE
  • Angela DIFFLEY, Journalist, RFI;
  • Aude BARON, Editor-in-Chief, Le Plus - Nouvel Observateur;
  • Frédéric WINCKLER, President, J. Walter Thompson Paris;
  • Nicholas DUNGAN, Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council.

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    Programme prepared and produced by Christopher Davies, Anelise Borges and Mary Colombel

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