Eldorado Posted February 23, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2020 "Former French prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope Fillon are to go on trial over a fake jobs scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president and opened the Elysee Palace door for Emmanuel Macron. "Mr Fillon's bid for the presidency unravelled after allegations he paid his wife hundreds of thousands of euros for doing little, if any, work as his parliamentary assistant." Ful monty at the UK Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/francois-fillon-trial-france-pm-fake-jobs-scandal-penelope-embezzlement-court-a9353561.html At France24: https://www.france24.com/en/20190423-france-former-pm-fillon-trial-fake-jobs-scandal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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