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Spain's King Felipe VI meets with the country's party leaders in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a ruling majority cannot easily be formed. While his Socialist party finished second behind the conservative Popular Party (PP), it is better positioned as it has more potential partners. IMAGES
Former French prime minister François Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive at the Paris courthouse for their appeal trial against a conviction for fraud. The 2017 presidential hopeful was last year sentenced to five years in prison, three of them suspended, for orchestrating a fake job for his wife, who received a suspended three-year sentence. IMAGES
A Paris court on Monday sentences former French prime minister Francois Fillon to five years in prison, with three suspended, after finding him guilty of orchestrating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the presidency in 2017. IMAGES
Paris, Jun 29 (EFE), (Camera: Christophe Petit Tesson).- Former French prime minister François Fillon was on Monday sentenced to five years in jail — three suspended — in relation to the fake jobs scandal in which he was found guilty of employing and paying family members, including his wife.Penelope Fillon was handed a three year suspended sentence for her role in the affair, which was revealed just as the center-right politician launched his presidential bid in early 2017.FOOTAGE OF FORMER FRENCH PRIME MINISTER FRANÇOIS FILLON AND HIS WIFE PENELOPE FILLON ARRIVING AT COURT; PIERRE CORNUT-GENTILLE AND DE ANTONIN LEVY, FILLON'S LAWYERS.
François Fillon and his wife Penelope arrive at the courtroom of the Paris court. The judge must rule whether he will make his judgment or reopen the trial to shed light on possible "pressure" during the investigation into his wife's suspected fictitious employment, following a request from the former Prime Minister's lawyers. IMAGES
French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope leave the court in Paris after the first day of their trial for claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The eagerly-awaited trial of the former presidential hopeful and his wife had been due to start Monday but the court granted their request to delay the opening until Wednesday in solidarity with the lawyers' strike. (COMPLETES VIDI1PC22Z_EN) IMAGES
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