EghtesadOnline: The frontrunner in France's presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, received yet another boost to his candidacy on Sunday when nine lawmakers from a center-right party allied with conservative rival Francois Fillon decided to rally behind him.
EghtesadOnline: Polls Wednesday will provide the first indications of how much damage Francois Fillon’s bid to become French president is incurring from his deepening legal problems.
EghtesadOnline: French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was put under formal investigation by magistrates on Tuesday on suspicion of embezzling state funds - a move that may ruin the right-winger's hopes of winning power in May.
EghtesadOnline: Alain Juppe, a former prime minister who was defeated in the Republican party primary, said he won’t step in as a replacement candidate in France’s presidential election.
EghtesadOnline: Conservative French presidential candidate Francois Fillon vowed to stay in the presidential race on Wednesday despite a magistrate's intention to place him under formal investigation for alleged misuse of public funds.
EghtesadOnline: Prosecutors’ interventions in the French election have so far done more damage to the establishment’s one-time champion than the nationalist firebrand vowing to overthrow the system.
EghtesadOnline: Seven out of 10 French voters want conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon to step down, an opinion poll by Odoxa for France Info radio said on Friday as a scandal over alleged "fake work" by his wife continued to weigh on his campaign.
EghtesadOnline: Francois Fillon is reviving his fight to beat Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency after two weeks struggling to contain the fallout from a financial scandal.
EghtesadOnline: French Presidential front-runner Francois Fillon unleashed a volley of attacks on independent challenger Emmanuel Macron Sunday, as he tried to stabilize his campaign after a turbulent week.
EghtesadOnline: National Front leader Marine Le Pen lost ground in the race to become France’s next president as Republican Francois Fillon expanded his base among older and catholic voters and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron gained traction, a major poll published Wednesday showed.