Former PM Fillon suspended from top French honor over fake jobs conviction
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Source: Politico
Published: 2026-08-20 18:05 UTC+10:00
Section: Courts
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Crime & Justice, Europe, Justice, Labour & Workers, Elections
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PARIS — Former French Prime Minister François Fillon has been suspended for 10 years from the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest order of merit, after being found guilty of providing his wife with a fake job in which she was paid a salary using taxpayer money.
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