Frances' Juppe sets battle lines with 'brutal' Fillon before primary runoff
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Former French prime minister Alain Juppe sought to regain momentum on Monday in the battle for the center-right's presidential nomination, accusing his rival Francois Fillon of pushing a "brutal" economic program that would break France. Fillon, prime minister between 2007 to 2012 under Nicolas Sarkozy, won 44 percent of votes in the first-round of the center-right's nomination race, some 15 percent more than Juppe, whom he now faces in the second-round runoff. A
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