Elected from Sarthe, deputy of Paris and several times minister, François Fillon was above all the head of government under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy for 5 years, before supporting his candidacy in the 2012 presidential elections. He then failed to seize the initiative. of the UMP during the internal elections of 2012 against Jean-François Copé. A vote that will leave the right divided for a long time. Candidate of the right in 2017, François Fillon is overtaken by business in the middle of the presidential campaign and fails to qualify for the second round. As Nicolas Sarkozy’s prime minister, from 2007 to 2012, François Fillon initiated a pension reform by extending the contribution period, but also the reform of the autonomy of universities and the tax exemption of overtime. He suffered some controversy, especially during the establishment of the tax loop for the richest or the Guéant circular. On the occasion of the right-wing primaries in 2016, he was sworn in as Les Républicains candidate in the 2017 presidential elections, thanks to an end-of-campaign canon. Outside, but far from the favorites Nicolas Sarkozy and Alain Juppé, François Fillon finally prevailed very clearly, during a second round against the mayor of Bordeaux. His economic program, liberal, advocates strict control of public spending, wants to achieve 110,000 million savings in five years, the abolition of 35 hours and the ISF as well as retirement at 65 years. On social issues, he wants in particular to “impose” on Muslims in France “the common rules that Christians and Jews have accepted.” However, it is not about toughening the rules of secularism. Backed by the Common Sense movement, François Fillon also vows to rewrite the Marriage for All law, “unlike other candidates” who find it difficult to unmarry gay couples afterwards. The 2017 presidential campaign is cut short when François Fillon is suspected of a fictitious job, his wife having received around 500,000 euros as a parliamentary attaché, without being able to justify her activity. Then the Fillon affair broke out, also known as “Pénélopegate”, whose trial takes place in 2021. Other revelations emerged and François Fillon finally came third in the first round of the presidential elections, eliminated with 19.94% of the voters. votes. votes voice A first for the right under the Fifth Republic.
Source: BFM TV
