A Thatcherite reformer is in pole position to become the next president of France after a landslide victory in his party’s primary election during which he pledged to sack 500,000 civil servants.

François Fillon, 62, a former prime minister, promised the most radical reforms in modern French history after earning the right to stand as the Republicans party candidate in the presidential election in April.

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