Francois Fillon has launched a counter-attack against the bogus jobs scandal that is threatening his campaign.
The 62-year-old gave a spirited defence of his actions in a press conference from his campaign headquarters in Paris.
He admitted his Welsh-born wife, Penelope, was paid 830,000 euros
over 15 years as his assistant and that he had awarded consultancy work
to two of his children.
However, he said this was entirely legal, above board and transparent.
Speaking at the weekend, the French conservative presidential
candidate said he would fight to the end to defend his position as his
party’s nominee.
A champion of the application of free-market policies to
reinvigorate France’s heavily-regulated economy, Fillon has seen his
campaign unravel over the last two weeks.
If he were forced to quit as the centre-right nominee, it would be unprecedented in six decades of French politics.
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Source: euronews.
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