Fillon Trains Fire on Macron as Scandal Upends French Vote
- Front-runner looks to revive campaign after prosecutors’ probe
- Socialist nominate leftist Hamon over establishment candidate
Hamon’s Challenge to Unite France’s Socialist Party
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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.
With prosecutors examining whether Fillon broke the law when he employed his wife as a parliamentary assistant, the candidate fought back at a rally in Paris saying that Macron was a typical elitist and out-of-touch with ordinary people, while tying him to the Socialist government’s policies. In a further rebuke to outgoing President Francois Hollande, Socialist supporters picked party dissident Benoit Hamon as their nominee in a primary vote.