INTERVIEW: Preview of French Election second round

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The second round of the French election takes place this weekend, with results from the first round showing a signficant lurch to the right. Jean-Noel Ducasse from SBS French spoke to Dr Romain Fathi, a Historian at ANU Canberra about the possibility of a Republican front - a coalition of leftist, centrist and moderate right political parties - holding a united front till Sunday to stop the National Rally from forming a government.

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