File photo - Francois Fillon, candidate for the right-wing primaries ahead of the French 2017 presidential election, along with his Welsh born wife Penelope Fillon, holds his last campaign rally in Paris, France, on November 25, 2016, ahead of the primary's second round on November 27. Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe, both former prime ministers, will go head-to-head in a run-off of France's rightwing presidential primary on November 27. The victor is considered likely to become president after elections in April and May next year. 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 Francois Pauletto/ABACAPRESS.COM