PARIS: France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and former prime minister Alain Juppe will come face to face on Thursday for a televised debate ahead of a November primary widely seen as the main battle for the presidency.

The stakes could not be higher, as pollsters say whoever wins the nomination for the center-right Republicans party on November 27 is likely to take on -- and defeat -- far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the 2017 presidential election.

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