World & Nation
French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon was preliminarily charged and put under investigation Tuesday over wages his wife and children received for parliamentary jobs they allegedly never did.
March 14, 2017
In France, when the going gets tough, the tough go to the bakery.
April 6, 2017
Police officials say authorities searched the Paris home of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon in an investigation into no-work parliamentary jobs allegedly held by his family members.
March 2, 2017
Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial on fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed
Feb. 24, 2020
April 22, 2017
French opposition party, after vicious fight, declares leader
Nov. 19, 2012
Bickering French opposition party in disarray after balloting
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded defeat in the race to choose the conservative nominee for next year’s presidential election.
Nov. 20, 2016
Less than two months before France’s presidential election, the country’s conservative party is in crisis after its scandal-plagued candidate insisted he would not pull out and a possible replacement refused to run.
March 6, 2017
French premier vacationed in Egypt before protests
Feb. 8, 2011