The Fillon affair (also the Penelope Fillon affair or Penelopegate) is a political-financial scandal involving immediate family members of French politician...

pro-European political movement he founded in 2016. Partly due to the Fillon affair, Macron was elected President in May 2017 with 66% of the vote in the...

publication of revelations that Fillon employed family members in possibly fictitious jobs in a series of politico-financial affairs that came to be colloquially...

François Charles Amand Fillon (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʃaʁl amɑ̃ fijɔ̃]; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France...

resignation in 2005. Fillon affair (Penelopegate): revelations which accuse Penelope Fillon, wife of politician François Fillon, of alleged fictitious...

after the candidate was summoned to appear before judges amidst the Fillon affair. He said he would not seek to retain his seat in the legislative elections...

initiated as a consequence of the Fillon affair. In 2018, when she was chair of the inquiry into the Benalla Affair, she was criticised for her refusal...

accusations Thomas Thevenoud affair Kader Arif affair Bruno Le Roux affair Fillon affair Benalla affair Richard Ferrand affair Balladur jurisprudence, concerning...

lost the primary of the right and centre to Fillon, was floated to replace him as a result of the Fillon affair (Penelopegate). Though tested in some hypothetical...

Amid the Fillon affair, in March 2017, she joined Xavier Bertrand, Christian Estrosi and others in calling for Juppé to replace François Fillon as the party's...

(January 30, 2017). "François Fillon fights growing 'Penelopegate' scandal". Politico. Retrieved March 29, 2017. "Penelope Fillon : le parquet financier ouvre...

the Fillon affair, in March 2017, Bertrand joined Valérie Pécresse, Christian Estrosi and others in calling for Alain Juppé to replace François Fillon as...

campaign in 2016. In response to the Fillon affair, Darmanin renounced his support for LR candidate François Fillon in the 2017 presidential election and...

an affair with Nadine Morano while in office. Ahead of the UMP's 2012 leadership election, Ciotti managed François Fillon's campaign. When Fillon's opponent...

the Fillon affair, in March 2017, Estrosi joined Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse and others in calling for Alain Juppé to replace François Fillon as...

funds as part of the Fillon affair, an employment scandal involving Penelope Fillon, the wife of then French politician François Fillon. He was sentenced...

Ciotti; Sarkozy eventually lost against François Fillon. Amid the Fillon affair, she later called on Fillon to resign as the party's candidate. In the run-up...

candidate in the 2017 presidential election, former Prime Minister François Fillon, placed third in the first round, with 20.0% of the vote. Following the...

Minot publicly denounced his party's candidate François Fillon amid the so-called Fillon affair and instead voted for Emmanuel Macron. Minot was elected...

Républicains (LR). He was given a suspended three-year sentence due to the Fillon affair. Joulaud studied law, first at the Maine University in Le Mans where...

presidential primary. On March 3, 2017, amid the Fillon affair, he withdrew his support for LR candidate François Fillon in the presidential election and endorsed...

later supported François Fillon as her party's candidate before urging him to withdraw his bid amid the so-called Fillon affair. In the Republicans' 2017...

served as chief spokesman of candidate François Fillon's campaign before his resignation amid the Fillon affair. He remained a member of The Republicans but...

director. On 3 March 2017, in the context of the Fillon affair, she gave up supporting candidate François Fillon LR in the presidential election and asked for...

2007, two days before becoming President of the French Republic. François Fillon was appointed prime minister. On 17 June 2007, at a 2007 legislative election...

Alain Juppé in the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary. Amid the Fillon affair, he announced that he would no longer support The Republicans' campaign...

election, François Fillon presented the resignation of the Government. However, the government continued to manage daily affairs until the formation...

majority, however, voted for François Fillon to run in the 2017 presidential election. In March 2017, when the Fillon affair led several staff members to leave...

François Fillon was chosen as the party's candidate, she became his campaign team's administrative and financial director. Amid the Fillon affair, however...

pro-European political movement he founded in 2016. Partly due to the Fillon affair, Macron was elected President in May 2017 with 66% of the vote in the...