Fillon Fights Back: Can Right-wing Candidate Ride Out Penelopegate Scandal?

France Presidential Race: Candidate François Fillon Gives Press Conference amidst Series of Scandals

France's Penelopegate: Presidential Race Upended by Scandal (Parts 1 & 2)

"I Am the Victim of a Smear Campaign" - Fillon

France Presidential Race: Fillon Will Not Abandon Candidature Over Penelopegate

2017 French Presidential Election: Conservative Candidate Fillon Hit by Scandal

'Penelopegate' Scandal Deepens: Is This the End of Fillon's Presidential Chances?

Penelopegate: Presidential Candidate Fillon and Spouse Questioned in ‘Fake Job’ Probe

A petition calling on the wife of French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon to return €500,000 of “falsely earned” income has gathered 200,000 signatures. The scandal, dubbed ‘Penelopegate’, centers on claims Penelope Fillon improperly received public money.

It's a Family Affair: France 2017 Frontrunner Fillon Denies Phoney Job Claim

Inquiry into Right-wing Presidential Candidate Fillon’s Wife

'Penelopegate: A Blow to Right-wing French Presidential Candidate Fillon'

France – Penelopegate: Presidential Favourite Fillon ‘Paid Wife As Aide’

France's presidential favourite has hit a roadblock in his campaign.

A 'Catholic' President? French Conservative Fillon Breaks with Secularism

Quand François Fillon mélange politique et religion

Can France Resist the Far Right? Natalie Nougaryede

Now that François Fillon has become the French right’s presidential candidate, it is possible that he will face Marine Le Pen of the Front National in the final round.

France: Presidential Election a Faceoff between Right and Far-right

Conservative candidate François Fillon had sealed a resounding victory in the right-wing primary in France.

Inside Story - A 'Mr Nobody' for President?

François Fillon is the Conservative party's candidate for next year's French election.

François Fillon Wins Republican Party's Presidential Primaries in France

In a year of political upsets, the French primaries are now also sending out shockwaves. The Republican party has chosen its candidate for next year's presidential election - with victory claimed by yet another outsider: François Fillon.

Brexit, Trump & Now Fillon: Surprise Result of French Center-right Primary

The victory of François Fillon, the French presidential hopeful who secured a convincing win in the first round of the center-right primary despite trailing in polls, took many by surprise. But some say his success is simply a French version of the ‘Trump effect’.

France's Presidential Candidates Face Off

In France, the two former prime ministers competing for the conservative presidential nomination have gone head to head in a televised debate. François Fillon is favoured to win, after he unexpectedly beat Alain Juppé in the first round.