France 2017 elections in perspective - Episode 2

There is no turning back. Now with a designated champion for the Socialist Party, the five major candidates running for the Presidency are in the starting blocks. Only three of them – Le Pen (far - right), Fillon (right) and Macron ( center left), seem capable of making it to the two - person second round. The wild card Mélenchon (far - left ) should however not be forgotten, as well as veteran Bayrou ( center - right), who has not decided yet whether he will run. Both recent primaries have shown that in France, as elsewhere, the unexpected is

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