François Fillon triumphs in France’s Republican primary run-off

The best of The Economist online View in browser | E-mail a friend         THE BEST OF THE ECONOMIST ONLINE         Daily Dispatch | Monday | November 28th 2016       Politics in France: Looking for Mr Right After last night’s win in the primary for the centre-right Republicans, François Fillon is now the favourite to become president next year. He will need votes from the left to thwart his likely opponent, Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Front. That will be tricky when he promises to cut 500,000 civil-service jobs and abolish the 35-hour working week limit. But Mr Fillon judges that the French are ready for it, writes our France correspondent     Cuba after Fidel Castro: Fatigued The death of Fidel is the most important milestone in the slow transition to a post-Castro Cuba. His brother, Raúl, has promised to step down as president in 2018, though his declared intention is that Cuba should remain a one-party state. He has groomed Miguel Díaz-Canel, a 56-year-old former education minister, as his successor. Fidel’s death may unleash a much freer debate about Cuba’s future, writes our Latin America columnist       Advertisement         Language in Israel: Status update Arabic, an official language of Israel, is the native tongue of a fifth of the population. Yet in the past it was discouraged. Arabic songs were banned from the radio for decades. In 2014 MPs tried to retract the language’s official status. Hebrew schools still get more cash than Arabic ones. Most speakers say they are treated as second-class citizens. The tension is rooted in the centrality of Hebrew to the Zionist project       Tennis rule changes: Bad call The scoring system in tennis, known for its quirkiness, is coming under fire as the sport aims to become more media-friendly by shortening its matches. A decade ago, two rule changes—a winner-takes-all point at deuce and a ten-point “super-tiebreak” instead of a deciding set—were introduced in second-tier doubles competitions. If these rules came to grand slams, matches would be shorter but also much less exciting     ~6pm London                                                                   Keep updated     This e-mail has been sent to: pramod.srivastav.2000.ambikapur@blogger.com if you'd like to update your details please click here (you may need to log in). Questions? Comments? Please contact us. Replies to this email will not reach us.   If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, unsubscribe here.   Copyright © The Economist Group 2016. All rights reserved. Advertising Info | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help   Registered in England and Wales. No.236383 Registered office: 25 St James's Street. London, SW1A 1HG