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François Fillon

May 2022

  • François and Penelope Fillon

    French appeal court upholds conviction of François Fillon for embezzlement

    Former French prime minister and his wife, Penelope, found guilty, but their sentences are reduced

October 2021

  • Simon Tisdall

    Bold, haughty, hyper: will Macron throw it all away as France fights for its future?

    Simon Tisdall
    The presidential election is his to lose. But the divisive forces of the far-right are on the march in a struggle that will resonate across Europe

March 2021

  • Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, arrives at court for his trial on corruption charges on 1 March.

    The Guardian view on Nicolas Sarkozy: another name on the roll of dishonour

    Editorial: French society is no longer prepared to tolerate a culture of impunity at the top of politics

July 2020

  • Former French prime minister François Fillon and his wife Penelope at court in Paris on 29 June.

    I unwittingly revealed a French political scandal, but the Fillons' downfall gives me no pleasure

    Kim Willsher
    As a reporter I paid a price for my unwitting role in the ex-PM and his wife being tried for embezzlement, says foreign correspondent Kim Willsher

June 2020

  • François Fillon (right) and his wife Penelope Fillon leave the Paris courthouse after being found guilty of fraud.

    François Fillon found guilty of embezzling public funds

    Former French prime minister and wife Penelope given jail sentences over fake jobs scandal

February 2020

  • François Fillon and his wife, Penelope, will deny the accusations.

    François Fillon goes on trial for embezzlement of public funds

    Former French presidential candidate accused of misusing more than €1m to employ wife in allegedly non-existent role

May 2017

  • French presidential election leaflets.

    The twists and turns of France’s strangest ever presidential election

    With the sitting president not on the ticket and big parties facing first-round defeat, this race has been unlike any before it
  • Marine Le Pen thanks her supporters during an election rally on 1 May in Villepinte.

    Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising François Fillon in May Day speech

    Presidential candidate’s 1 May address mocked on social media for using lines straight from speech by defeated rival

  • Spot the difference: Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising François Fillon – video

    Far-right French presidential candidate has been accused of plagiarising a speech from her defeated rival François Fillon in a May Day address to her supporters on Monday

25 April 2017

  • Emmanuel Macron

    Macron will not change this crisis of globalisation

    Letters: It is a grim choice for the majority in France who don’t like free trade and want tighter immigration controls, but who don’t want to vote for the extreme right, writes Colin Hines

24 April 2017

  • How the newspapers covered the first round of the French presidential election

    'Historique': how the media reported the French election – in pictures

    Newspaper front pages from around the world report the surprising result of the first round of the French presidential race in which Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist, beat Marine Le Pen into second place
  • Independent centrist Macron estimated to have taken 23.7% of vote with National Front leader Le Pen on 21.7%; official results to follow

    Macron and Le Pen go to second round in French election – as it happened

    Independent Macron projected to have taken around 23% of vote with Front National leader Le Pen on roughly 22%; conservative François Fillon concedes
  • frenchelex-trail-update-Flag-5-WithCandidates

    French presidential election 2017: first round results in charts and maps

    Voters in France went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election. The top two candidates, independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen, go into a run-off in a fortnight. Find out where each drew most support and what happens next

23 April 2017

  • Emmanuel Macron leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in Le Touquet for the French presidential election’s first round, in which he beat Marine Le Pen into second place.

    The Guardian view on France’s election: a win for Macron and hope

    Editorial: In the first round in the race for the Élysée, the postwar parties have been humbled. France has voted for change
  • François Fillon campaigning in Paris

    François Fillon: defeat from jaws of victory for candidate tainted by scandal

    Former PM bows out after leading centre-right to rare defeat in first round of presidential election
  • Far-left contender Jean-Luc Melénchon campaigning in Paris.

    The Observer view on the French presidential election

    Europe and Britain wait to see which way France’s voters will turn

22 April 2017

  • Elysée Palace

    French elections 2017: disintegrating left-right divide sets stage for political upheaval

    Squeezed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on one side and Emmanuel Macron on the other, the presidential contest could mean destruction for the Socialist party

21 April 2017

  • Emmanuel Macron

    The Guardian view on the French presidency: hope not hate

    Editorial: The presidential poll takes place after a terrible terrorist attack and will decide politics far beyond the nation’s borders. If we had a vote it would be for Emmanuel Macron to turn back the tide of xenophobia
  • A gendarme patrols in the Montmartre district Friday, April 21, 2017 in Paris. The shooting at the Champs Elysees rattled France only two days before the end of an unusually suspenseful election contest. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

    French presidential candidates react to Paris attack – video

    The three frontrunners in the French presidential election give their reactions to Thursday’s gun attack on police officers in Paris
  • François Fillon

    François Fillon rebuked for sexist remarks about maternity leave

    French presidential candidate responds to journalist’s question by suggesting her absence meant she was unsure of her brief
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