An Unlikely Contender Rises in France as the Antithesis of Trump.

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2. Sarkozy wants to detain Muslim terror suspects without trial

France must 'pre-emptively' detain all suspected terrorists, says Nicolas Sarkozy

France should "pre-emptively" detain without trial all suspected Islamist radicals, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy has said, as it emerged that 15,000 radicalised people are on police watchlists in the country.

"Every Frenchman suspected of being linked to terrorism, because he regularly consults a jihadist website, or his behaviour shows signs of radicalisation or because is in close contact with radicalised people, must be pre-emptively placed in a detention centre," said Mr Sarkozy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/11/france-must-pre-emptively-detain-all-suspected-terrorists-says-n/

If he wins the Republican primary, it would probably be a run-off between Le Pen and almost-Le Pen. Juppe is definitely better than that. And left wingers would feel more able to vote for him, where Sarkozy might be too far.

We can still hope that the Socialists will rally and get through to the 2nd round of the presidential election, but things don't look hopeful so far.