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French Political Scandal Fallout: Fillon Would Be Eliminated In First Round By Macron

French Political Scandal Fallout: Fillon Would Be Eliminated In First Round By Macron

As the political scandal gripping (former) French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon grows, his public support is tumbling and according to a new opinion poll released on Wednesday, the conservative presidential candidate would no longer even make the second round of this spring's presidential election in France, raising the pressure on him as a scandal over his wife and children's publicly funded "fae work" engulfed his campaign.