Former French Prime Minister Fillon and his wife were sentenced for "empty rates"

　　Former French Prime Minister Fillon and his wife were sentenced for "empty rates"

　　Xinhua News Agency, Paris, June 29th (Reporter Tang Ji) The Paris Misdemeanor Court of France announced on the 29th that the former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife were guilty of embezzlement of public funds and concealment of embezzlement of public funds in the "Airlines" case. Sentenced for crime. The Fillon couple then said they would appeal.

　　According to French media reports, the Paris Misdemeanor Court announced on the same day that, for the benefit of themselves and their children, the Fyon and his wife had embezzled more than 1.15 million euros from the National Assembly and the Senate in order to arrange false work positions. According to the court's decision, Fion was sentenced to 5 years for the crime of misappropriating public funds and concealing misuse of social assets, including 2 years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros, deprivation of the right to vote for 10 years; The crime was sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for execution, a fine of 375,000 euros, and deprived of the right to vote for 2 years.

　　In addition, former parliamentarian Mark Zuluo was sentenced to three years in prison for suspended work for Penilop, and was suspended, fined 20,000 euros, and deprived of the right to vote for five years.

　　The court also ruled that the above three persons jointly compensated the French Parliament with more than 1 million euros.

　　After the verdict was announced, Fillon’s lawyer told the media that the verdict was unfair and his client would appeal.

　　Fillon was first elected as a parliamentarian in 1981 and served as prime minister in the Nicolas Sarkozy government from 2007 to 2012. In the 2017 presidential election, Fillon was a strong candidate for the right wing camp, but after the French media exposed the "empty door" incident, his public opinion approval rate plummeted, and Fillon eventually lost the election. In March 2017, the "Airlines" case was formally investigated by the French judiciary.