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		</div><p>Former French prime minister Alain Juppe has said he will not be a replacement for Francois Fillon if the embattled conservative candidate decides to withdraw from the presidential race.</p>
<p>Despite voices in his Republicans party calling for him to step in, Mr Juppe said in Bordeaux that &#8220;it&#8217;s too late&#8221; for him.</p>
<p>Mr Fillon, a former prime minister and once the front-runner in France&#8217;s two-round April-May presidential election, said last week he was summoned to appear before judges on March 15 for allegedly using taxpayers&#8217; money to pay family members, including his British wife, for jobs that may not have existed.</p>
<p>Mr Fillon&#8217;s image has been dented since the scandal broke and polls are now suggesting that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist independent candidate Emmanuel Macron will come out on top in the first-round vote on April 23.</p>
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Mr Juppe was the runner-up behind Mr Fillon in the party&#8217;s primary.<br />
A poll released on Sunday suggested Mr Juppe would have a better chance at reaching the run-off than Mr Fillon.</p>
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