French former prime minister Francois Fillon attends a hearing before a parliamentary committee of inquiry over links with Moscow and his presence for a time in two boards of directors of Russian multinationals, at the French National Assembly in Paris, on May 2, 2023. The former right-wing candidate for the 2017 presidential election appeared on May 2 before a commission of inquiry, initiated by the far-rigth Rassemblement National (RN) group, focused on "political, economic and financial interference of foreign powers." (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
France’s Court of Cassation affirmed the conviction of former Prime Minister Francois Fillon in a scandal involving fictitious employment that derailed his 2017 presidential campaign. However, it ordered a retrial for his sentencing. Fillon, aged 70, was initially sentenced on May 9, 2022, to four years in prison, with three years suspended, and a fine of 375,000 euros ($400,000).
The new sentencing trial is scheduled to take place in the upcoming months at the Paris Court of Appeal. Fillon, a conservative politician, was found guilty of arranging a bogus parliamentary assistant position for his wife, Penelope Fillon, resulting in her receiving millions of euros in public funds.
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