France's Fillon faces further legal process in fake work probe - report

Francois Fillon (L), former French prime minister, member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre-right, shakes hands with a supporter while attending a picnic in Saint-Paul as he campaigns on the French Indian Ocean island of the Reunion, February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas

PARIS/SAINT DENIS DE LA REUNION (Reuters) - France's financial prosecutor is likely to take further legal steps this week in its investigation into allegations of fake work by presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The Journal de Dimanche (JDD) cited unidentified sources saying the proceedings - which would mean the prosecutor had decided against dropping the case for lack of evidence - would involve both Fillon and his British wife Penelope.