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    France’s deeply unpopular Socialist president, Francois Hollande, says he won’t seek re-election

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    December 1, 2016 at 14:40
    FRANCE’S deeply unpopular Socialist president, Francois Hollande, says he won’t seek re-election.

    All recent polls foresee Hollande or any other Socialist candidate failing to pass the first round of the presidential election next year, predicting a run-off battle between centre-right candidate Francois Fillon and the leader of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen.

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