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Former PM Fillon Suspended From Top French Honor over Fake Jobs Conviction

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The case derailed Fillon’s presidential bid in 2017.

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By decree of the President of the Republic dated 19 August 2026, François Fillon is suspended for a period of ten years from the exercise of the rights and prerogatives attached... The article François Fillon suspended from the Legion of Honour for ten years "after the advice of the council of order" appeared first on Current Values.

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The former 2017 presidential candidate François Fillon was recently suspended from the Légion d'honneur for a period of ten years. We learn this decision after the publication of a decree on Thursday 20th...

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According to a decree published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, former Prime Minister François Fillon was suspended from the Legion of Honour for a period of ten years. The former Prime Minister was also suspended for 10 years from the National Order of Merit, of which he is a grand-croix. The measure comes more than a year after his conviction in the file of the fictitious jobs of his wife Penelope. - François Fillon suspended by decree of…

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These ten-year suspensions are the result of his final sentence of four years' suspended imprisonment, 375,000 euros in fine and five years of ineligibility.

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The former Prime Minister also loses for ten years his title as Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, after the definitive confirmation of his conviction, in February, in the file of the fictitious jobs of his...

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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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