RIGHT IN A DEAD END-ACCORDING TO THE PRESS

Case of Penelope Fillon: the wife of the candidate accused of fictitious employment

In the middle of the campaign for the 2017 presidential election, a preliminary investigation of the financial prosecutor's office targets Penelope Fillon, the candidate's wife at the Elysée designated by the primary right. The chained duck of January 24 reveals that she was paid for eight years as parliamentary attached of her husband or her substitute, but also by the Revue des two worlds, owned by a friend of the candidate. And casts doubt on the reality of her work.

A "Penelopegate" which is worth several searches of the couple and two convocations for a indictment from March 15. François Fillon, who defends himself from all embezzlement, falls in the polls and departures multiply in his campaign team.

François Fillon's refusal to withdraw from the presidential race puts the Republicans in a deadlock, the press estimates, announcing a political committee of the party very animated Monday night.
"Fillon has played his all-out, the right is in a dead end, Fillon holds on, and his no longer sure of being in the second round, which he is trying to replace and the more radicalized will swell the ranks Of the FN ", summarizes Alexandra Schwartzbrod in Libération.
A view shared by Bernard Stéphan of La Montagne, who explains that François Fillon "has not changed an iota to his line" and that "the right is in a dead end."

"Rather than getting out of the impasse, he seems ready to continue to run into the wall, even if it leads to the whole of his movement," seems Laurent Bodin of Alsace.
For Cécile Cornudet, Echoes: "François Fillon tries to send the mistigri of the division and the risk FN to a possible candidature Juppé, the right sinks in the crisis". He "is convinced that after this demonstration of strength, + person + will not be able to prevent it (to introduce himself)," warns Hervé Favre of La Voix du Nord.
"In his pride and determination, he threatens to fracture the line in two," says Didier Rose, of the Latest News of Alsace. "Right, he holds the helm of this ghost ship against winds and Stuffed. Ready to sink," said Denis Daumin of the New Central West Republic.
- 'A formidable battle' –

"The Republicans must urgently hear each other, either Francois Fillon, Trocadero's primary and crowd champion, or Alain Juppé, the poll's favorite and the party's caciques. Perhaps both at the same time, "says Paul-Henri du Limbert, anxiously, in Le Figaro.
"The demonstration of strength of Trocadero maintains the torture that lives the right," says Michel Urvoy in West France. He adds: "Every hour makes the situation more untenable and the choice more difficult to take!"
Hence a "battle that is announced formidable at the political committee LR summoned Monday night on the follow-up to give the candidate Fillon," announces Dominique Garraud, La Charente Libre. The party "has not left the hostel to designate a possible alternative candidate who will be unanimous on the right and the center," warns Pierre Fréhel of the Republican Lorrain.
"No one knows yet how the Republicans can get out of this extraordinary mess ... Continue the serial in the hours or minutes that come," concludes Jean-Claude Souléry, of La Dépêche du Midi.
Despite the pressure from his side, Francois Fillon has ruled out retaining Alain Juppé, who will react this Monday morning during a statement to the trocadero. The press.

Juppé denounces a "mess" but will not be a candidate

The mayor of Bordeaux, who was beaten in the second round of the primary by François Fillon, spoke on Monday from his stronghold. He assured that he would not present himself.

If we believe Alain Juppé, it is folded for the right. In a statement of rare gravity, the Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppe has indeed denounced this Monday morning the "mess" of the candidacy of François Fillon, who "had a boulevard" in November and whose "obstinacy" led To "an impasse". As for the rumors that he was ready to go to Fillon's place, he swept them "once and for all," explaining with a serious air that at 71 he did not incarnate "renewal" "To me, it's too late."
 
The mayor of Bordeaux immediately denounced the "confusing" conditions of this election, of the unprecedented "under the Fifth Republic" according to him. Egratinating each candidate, he approached the last one of the right and center: "What a mess! In the aftermath of our primary school, the result of which was undoubtedly undisputed, François Fillon had a boulevard in front of him, "he recalled before denouncing his defense, based on" a so-called conspiracy and political assassination " "Led into a dead end".

Deploring the departure of part of the center and the "radicalization" of the nucleus of LR militants, Alain Juppé then explained that he had "no intention of engaging in partisan negotiations or bargaining for posts." In the inability "today" to "realize the necessary gathering around a unifying project", Alain Juppé confirmed "once and for all", that he would not be "candidate for the presidency of the Republic. It's too late."
 
The day after François Fillon's troops gathered at the Trocadero, and as more and more right-wing leaders called Francois Fillon to give up, the intervention of the Mayor of Bordeaux was very much awaited. A little more than an hour before the speech of Alain Juppé, Nicolas Sarkozy had proposed to him, by communiqué, a meeting with three, between him and the two former Prime Ministers.

What a mess….

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