It is noted that the deadline may be changed if the court does not decide by December 14 on two priority issues of the constitutionality of the laws on the basis of which the decision of the first instance was made. In this case, the questions may be referred to the Court of Cassation.
On Monday, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded that former Prime Minister Francois Fillon be sentenced to five years in prison, four of which with probation. In addition, the prosecution is demanding a fine for Fillon in the amount of 375 thousand euros and the loss of the right to vote for a period of 10 years. For his wife Penelope, the Prosecutor General's Office requested a two-year suspended sentence, a fine of 100,000 euros, and the loss of the right to vote for 10 years.
The scandal surrounding Fillon, then a leading figure in the French center-right, erupted during the 2017 presidential campaign. The weekly Canar Anchene revealed that the wife of the former prime minister and presidential candidate was paid eight years as an assistant worked. Penelope Fillon was originally appointed by her husband, then a member of the lower house of parliament. After Fillon was appointed prime minister, his wife was reappointed by his successor, Marc Jullot.
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