Image Caption: Francois Fillon is now favourite to be the centre-right"s candidate for the French presidency Mark Stone Europe Correspondent Twitter Follow Mark He was the third man in the race just a few weeks ago, trailing in the polls.
Now Francois Fillon has emerged as the landslide winner in what was a vital night for French politics.
A former prime minister, he has surged ahead in the first round of Les Republicains primaries, emerging as the front runner in the second round next weekend.
So what"s the vote for? Who is Mr Fillon? And what does the result mean – for France, for Europe and even for Brexit?
What are the Les Republicains Primaries?
Rather like the US primaries, France has now introduced elections for the public to choose the leaders of its political parties ahead of Presidential elections.
No longer are leaders decided on in closed rooms but by the voting public.
The centre-left Socialists have been doing it for several years. The centre-right Les Republi..
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