Photo: AFPUnder-fire French presidential candidate François Fillon, refused to throw the towel in on Wednesday despite new allegations his wife earned nearly a million euros through fake jobs. French rightwing candidate Francois Fillon battled to save his scandal-hit presidential bid on Wednesday as disastrousnew polling numbers and party colleagues increased pressure on him to step aside. "When you decide to be a presidential candidate, you can't complainafterwards about the severity of the attacks... Everything's falling apart," said one MP known to be close to former president Nicolas Sarkozy, whom Fillon defeated in the Republicans primary last year. Supporters of Alain Juppe, the 71-year-old centrist defeated by Fillon in the second round of the Republicans primary, have begun asking him to consider stepping forward to replace Fillon.

Source: The Local February 01, 2017 16:45 UTC