Fillon's French Campaign Faces Polling Test After Graft Charges

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.

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Publish Date:15/March/2017 | 05:27

Juppe Says He Won't Be a Stand-In Candidate in French Race

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.

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Publish Date:06/March/2017 | 11:42

France's Fillon to beat Le Pen next year with 66 percent of vote: Elabe poll

EghtesadOnline: France's Francois Fillon will convincingly beat National Front leader Marine Le Pen in a presidential election runoff next May, taking 66 percent of the vote, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 20:17

Fillon Would Beat Le Pen in Both Rounds of Election, Polls Show

EghtesadOnline: Francois Fillon , the former prime minister who won the French Republican presidential nomination Sunday, would beat National Front leader Marine Le Pen in both rounds of a presidential election, two polls showed.

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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 10:08

France Inc. Backs Fillon Pledges for Labor Reform, Tax Cuts

EghtesadOnline: France Inc. is rooting for former Prime Minister Francois Fillon to become the country’s next president, with business lobbies backing his campaign pledges to cut taxes and carry out sweeping labor reforms.

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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 10:06

France's Fillon seen as favorite to beat Juppe for conservative nomination

EghtesadOnline: Former prime minister Francois Fillon looked on Friday to be in a strong position to claim his center-right party's nomination to contest next year's French presidential election as he and rival Alain Juppe held final rallies of the primary campaign.

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Publish Date:26/November/2016 | 21:42

French center-right senators back Macron's presidential bid

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.

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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 06:28

France's scandal-hit Fillon put under formal fraud investigation

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.

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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 16:26

France's Fillon stays in presidential race despite deepening legal probe

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.

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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 14:04

French Court Probes Leave Le Pen Unscathed as Fillon Bid Falters

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.

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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 14:19

Pressure on scandal-hit Fillon as polls point at disapproval

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.

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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 24:30

Fillon Campaign Stable in France After Near-Death Experience

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.

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Publish Date:08/February/2017 | 08:47

Fillon Trains Fire on Macron as Scandal Upends French Election

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.

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Publish Date:30/January/2017 | 05:33

Le Pen Slips as Fillon, Macron Rise in Big French Election Poll

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.

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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:31

Thatcher admirer Fillon wins French conservative presidential ticket

EghtesadOnline: Hardline reformist Francois Fillon scored a resounding win in France's conservative primaries on Sunday, making him favorite to win a presidential election five months from now against the popular far-right and a deeply divided left.

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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 08:54

Fillon, Juppe kick off race for support for French presidential ticket

EghtesadOnline: Francois Fillon heads into a runoff campaign for France's conservative presidential ticket on Monday as favorite after winning the endorsement of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy whom he ousted from the race after a stunning late surge in polls.

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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 05:57