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Paris mayoral race: Socialist frontrunner faces fierce attacks from rivals
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The Paris mayoral race narrowed on Monday as a former minister hoping to wrest control of the French capital from the left sealed a deal to join forces with a fellow right-winger for the second-round run-off. Her main rival is Socialist former deputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire, who came out well ahead of her in the first round of voting on Sunday. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.