Francois Fillon, former French Prime Minister, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 French presidential election candidate of the French centre-right, visits the French National Space Agency (CNES) in Toulouse, France, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS (Reuters) - Conservative candidate Francois Fillon is fighting to save his political career in France's presidential election after his campaign was hit by a fake jobs scandal.
Once the clear favourite, Fillon's campaign was plunged into crisis when a satirical weekly reported in January that his wife, Penelope, had been paid hundreds of thousands of euros for doing little work, including several years as his parliamentary assistant.
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