File photo - Former French Prime Minister and candidate for the center and right-wing presidential primaries Francois Fillon along with wife Penelope during his last campaign meeting ahead of Sunday's first round of voting, at Palais des Congres in Paris, France on November 18, 2016. 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 Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM