French politician Alain Juppe attends the first prime-time televised debate for the French conservative presidential primary in La Plaine Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Martin Bureau/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - Conservative Alain Juppe tightened his grip this week on France's presidential race, cementing his place as favourite to represent the centre-right while Socialist President Francois Hollande was wounded by the publication of a damaging new book.
Hollande's as yet unofficial re-election campaign has been thrown off course by the book, "A President Shouldn't Say That", written by two respected journalists from Le Monde newspaper who met him 61 times.
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