France's Juppe concedes defeat, backs Fillon in presidential election


  • World
  • Monday, 28 Nov 2016

French politician Alain Juppe, current mayor of Bordeaux, and member of the conservative Les Republicains political party, leaves the polling station in the second round of the French center-right presidential primary election in Bordeaux, France, November 27, 2016. REUTERS/ Regis Duvignau

PARIS (Reuters) - French conservative primaries' candidate Alain Juppe on Sunday conceded defeat in the race to become his camp's candidate in next year's presidential election and said he would support Francois Fillon.

Partial results based on half the primaries' polling stations showed Fillon winning by a wide margin.

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