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At 34, Gabriel Attal is France’s most popular politician but faces a resurgent far right
Socialists and Les Républicains tempted by alliances to win National Assembly seats
Unity seems out of reach for a splintered movement facing an electorate that has shifted to the right
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo seen as possible saviour for enfeebled Socialist party
Favourite to be party’s presidential candidate unveils policy plans
The successor to Hollande must resolve the longstanding divisions
Strong by-election showing for Hollande’s party pushes UMP into third
In France, every respectable politician is expected to have a powerful libido - or at least the men, writes Peggy Hollinger
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