A messy-haired Ford car factory worker in a baggy sweater stole the limelight during France's heated election debate Tuesday night. He was a candidate from the far-left New Anticapitalist Party, on stage with 10 other candidates just three weeks ahead of the first poll. Le Pen, who claimed to be "persecuted politically," said she is protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the European Parliament. Fillon has been given preliminary charges for allegedly giving his wife and two children government-funded jobs which they never did. "(Politicians) mix everything — their personal funds and the public funds — as if everything is allowed for them.

Source: ABC News April 05, 2017 13:52 UTC