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  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    French politics
    Former French PM Fillon loses appeal against embezzlement conviction

    Rival to Macron in 2017 presidential campaign used state funds to employ wife

  • Monday, 29 June, 2020
    Former French PM sentenced to jail for embezzlement

    François Fillon found guilty over wife’s fake job as parliamentary aide

  • Monday, 24 February, 2020
    French politics
    François Fillon faces court as ‘Penelope-gate’ trial opens

    Ex-French PM accused of misusing €1m in state funds for fictitiously hiring wife

  • Sunday, 2 June, 2019
    French politics
    Leader of France’s centre-right party quits after dismal elections

    Wauquiez’s Les Republicains face existential crisis after slump to 8% of votes

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
    François Fillon faces embezzlement trial in France

    Former PM and presidential hopeful accused of fictitiously hiring wife as ‘aide’

  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2017
    European companies
    Tikehau Capital underlines ‘maverick’ reputation with Fillon hire

    Asset manager has long been an outlier among French firms

  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2017
    French politics
    François Fillon to join private equity firm Tikehau Capital

    Move highlights porous borders between France’s political and financial elite

  • Monday, 12 June, 2017
    French politics
    Macron set for sweeping majority in parliament

    First round of legislative vote suggests 70% of seats will go to République en Marche

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2017
    French politics
    Le Pen lifts parts of Fillon speech, aides deny it is plagiarism

    Team says presidential candidate reused some lines in ‘wink’ to centre-right voters

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
    Rachida Dati
    The French centre-right still has a chance to make its mark

    To support Macron in the run-off against Le Pen is not to endorse his programme

  • Monday, 24 April, 2017
    French politics
    Macron and Le Pen go to second round of French presidential poll

    Euro, bonds and shares gain after centrist comes out top in first round vote

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2017
    French politics
    Fillon supporters blame candidate’s scandals for sinking campaign

    Rapid fall from grace for one-time favourite for the presidency

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2017
    French politics
    The six twists of the French election campaign

    Expectations crumbled during a race of upsets and surprises

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2017
    French politics
    Decision day for France in cliffhanger election

    Presidential vote is a four-way contest of candidates from hard left to extreme right

  • Friday, 21 April, 2017
    World
    Twists and turns of French campaign bewilder electorate

    Presidential election is closest and most unpredictable for 50 years

  • Friday, 21 April, 2017
    Sudhir Hazareesingh
    France’s republican monarchy has lost its mystique

    The presidency designed by de Gaulle struggles to produce decisive leadership

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2017
    French politics
    French campaign reaches finishing line charged with uncertainty

    Four radically different contenders entertain high hopes of reaching run-off

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2017
    The FT ViewFrench politics
    A nerve-racking test of France’s political class

    Voters have grounds to despair of politicians, but not of their country

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2017
    ExplainerWorld
    French presidential election: a guide to the FT’s coverage

    A round-up of our news and analysis on the close race for the Elysée

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2017
    French politics
    French conservatives agonise over presidential election choice

    Funding scandals dogging François Fillon’s campaign have undermined his core support

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2017
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Disillusioned voters in poor suburbs could swing France’s election

    Gap narrows between candidates as first round of polls nears

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2017
    News in-depthFT Data
    Fillon the Thatcherite? How the candidate measures up to Iron Lady

    French presidential hopeful offers most radical pro-business reform agenda

  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2017
    Anne-Sylvaine Chassany
    The shadow of Charles de Gaulle stalks the French election

    Candidates of left, right and centre lay claim to the general’s mantle

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2017
    Joël Gombin
    Win or lose, Le Pen could change the political landscape

    French politics may be on the verge of a profound realignment

  • Monday, 10 April, 2017
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Macron fights to shake off Hollande baggage as French race tightens

    Fillon says his centrist rival and the Socialist president have the same policies

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