▶ Nicolas Sarkozy, the outspoken former French president who styled himself as the voice of France's 'silent majority,' casts his vote in a tight primary to select the country's conservative 2017 presidential candidate. PARIS — French conservatives voted in a nationwide primary for the first time Sunday to choose their nominee for next year's presidential election, after a campaign marked by concerns about immigration and Islamic extremism. Countries around Europe are facing similar anger at immigrants and the political establishment, and are watching the French presidential race closely. Le Pen, official candidate of her once-pariah National Front party, is not taking part in the conservative primary. Former prime minister and Bordeaux's mayor Alain Juppe, centre, a candidate for France's upcoming presidential primary election, in line to vote in the conservative primary election in Bordeaux on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Source: thestar November 20, 2016 16:58 UTC