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Former French President Francois Hollande votes in Tulle, Corrèze, with his partner Julie Gayet, during the first round of the presidential election. 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
Paris, May 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson / Mario García Sánchez) One year later than planned, the works of art from the Pinault Collection will be exhibited at the Bourse de commerce, a new contemporary art museum whose transformation has been led by Japanese architect Tadao Ando.Businessman François Pinault, one of the great fortunes of France and owner of the conglomerate of luxury brands Kering (Saint Laurent, Gucci, Bottega Veneta, etc.), has collected nearly 10,000 works in forty years. FOOTAGE OF THE PINAULT COLLECTION EXHIBITION AT THE BOURSE DE COMMERCE IN PARIS.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATION OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE, MARTIN BETHENOD. "The Pinault collection provides a personal, very particular and specific point of view on contemporary creation. (...) It is anchored in the present and also in the problems of our society: politics, identity, gender ( ...) ".
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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