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François Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive at the courtroom of the Paris court. The judge must rule whether he will make his judgment or reopen the trial to shed light on possible "pressure" during the investigation into his wife's suspected fictitious employment, following a request from the former Prime Minister's lawyers. IMAGES
French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope leave the court in Paris after the first day of their trial for claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The eagerly-awaited trial of the former presidential hopeful and his wife had been due to start Monday but the court granted their request to delay the opening until Wednesday in solidarity with the lawyers' strike. (COMPLETES VIDI1PC22Z_EN) IMAGES
French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive in court in Paris over claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The eagerly-awaited trial of the former presidential hopeful and his wife had been due to start Monday but the court granted their request to delay the opening until Wednesday in solidarity with the lawyers' strike. IMAGES
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon arrives at court in Paris ahead of his trial over claims he embezzled more than a million euros in public funds by creating a fake job for his wife. The 'Penelopegate' scandal cost him his shot at the French presidency in 2017. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES