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Dark times for France's Right

04/02/2017 GMT

Dark Times for France's Right

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Francois Fillon, the favourite to be next president, is hit by a financial scandal

Francois Fillon, the favourite to be next president, is hit by a financial scandal.

Francois Fillon - the candidate of France's Republican Party, and red-hot favourite to be the next president, is embroiled in a scandal over his family being paid for parliamentary work. They are accused of receiving the money dishonestly. Does this open the way for a young left-of-centre candidate?

(Photo: Francois Fillon at a political rally in France. Credit: Reuters)

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