Former French prime ministers François Fillon and Alain Juppé will vie for the center-right Republican Party nomination in a run-off after handing controversial former president Nicolas Sarkozy a shock defeat on Sunday. With three-quarters of votes counted, Sarkozy (21.7%) was lagging well behind Fillon (43.7%) and Juppé (27.8%.) Sarkozy endorsed Fillon, who leads in the polls to take on Marine Le Pen’s anti-European platform in next year's presidential election.
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