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Pecresse wins French Les Republicains ticket for presidential election

PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Valerie Pecresse, who has described herself as "one-third Thatcher, two-thirds Merkel", has won the French conservative Les Republicains (LR) ticket for the 2022 presidential election,…

Pecresse emerges as favourite to win French centre-right’s presidential ticket

Valerie Pecresse, a moderate conservative who has described herself as '1/3 Thatcher, 2/3 Merkel', will go into a runoff as favourite to be picked as the centre-right Les Republicains' candidate…

France’s troubled Republicans elect new leader

France's rightwing Republicans (LR) on Sunday elected Christian Jacob, the current head of the troubled party's parliamentary group, to steer them to municipal elections in March. The 59-year-old former minister,…