File photo - French former Prime Minister and candidate for the UMP party presidency Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope Fillon are pictured during a meeting with militants, in Saint-Denis-d'Orques, near Le Mans, western France, on August 26, 2012. Francois Fillon broke his ankle in a scooter accident during his holidays on the island of Capri in southern Italy. The Canard Enchaine newspaper, which mixes satire with investigative reporting, has alleged Welsh-born Penelope Fillon, the wife of FranÁois Fillon who is the frontrunner to become the next president of France, was paid half a million euros with funds made available to her husband by the French parliament. The paper detailed various periods during which Penelope Fillon was paid from money available to her husband as a longstanding MP for the central Sarthe region. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM