Europe

Right-wing chat-show celebrity may alter France's election dynamics

   By Elizabeth Pineau
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   Even though the presidency looks beyond reach, he may pull votes away
   from Marine Le Pen, his less radical rival on the far right, and change
   the dynamics of the election.

   The centrist president has tirelessly wooed centre-right voters during
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   Le Pen.

   Election tradition holds that the left and right coalesce, however
   relucantly, in a two-way runoff to keep the far right out.