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The six candidates in the race for the right-wing presidential nomination arrive at the headquarters of The Republicans (LR) party in Paris, ahead of the December 4 congress that will decide the nominee. IMAGES
Alain Juppe conceded defeat in France's right-wing primary and congratulated Francois Fillon on his "large victory," while Fillon said he would be the candidate of "all those who in their hearts are proud to be French." IMAGES of the Fillon and Juppe shaking hands
French Green party leader and Left-wing coalition substitute candidate (NFP-EELV) Marine Tondelier votes in Henin-Beaumont in the first round of the French general elections. IMAGES
France's main employers' organisation, the MEDEF, is holding hearings with party and coalition leaders ahead of the snap parliamentary elections. The leader of the centrist Horizons party, Edouard Philippe, is the first to be heard. IMAGES
The head of the PS/Place publique list for the European elections, Raphael Glucksmann, votes in a school in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Polls have shown that the joint list of Place Publique, a progressive left movement co-founded by Glucksmann, and the Socialist Party (PS) is seriously challenging the centrist list of Macron's coalition for second place in the June 9 polls behind the far right who remain way ahead. IMAGES