France's Conservative Party: from bad to worse

Who said politics was no fun? The surreal fight for the Conservative party leadership has kept us hypnotized, baffled and bemused for the past 12 days. The two rivals to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy are locked in a vicious standoff: both Jean François Copé and François Fillon claim victory and accuse the other of cheating. No one, not even Sarkozy himself, has been able to bridge a compromise.

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, UMP Senator;
Fabienne Keller, UMP Senator.

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

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