François Fillon's defense had announced that it would request the postponement of his trial: the Paris Court of Appeal postponed to April 29, 2025 the third trial of the former Prime Minister, scheduled for this Monday, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer.
During this hearing, the sanctions imposed on him in the case of his wife's fictitious jobs must be re-examined.
The 70-year-old former Prime Minister was found definitively guilty by the Court of Cassation in April, but it ordered a new hearing to reassess his prison sentences, fines and ineligibility in this resounding case, who had stopped his run in the lead for the 2017 presidential election.
Sentenced to one year in prison in 2022
On appeal, on May 9, 2022, the former tenant of Matignon was sentenced to four years of imprisonment, including one year, a fine of 375,000 euros and 10 years of ineligibility.
His wife, Penelope Fillon, was sentenced to two years in prison, as well as a fine of 375,000 euros, and his ex-deputy, Marc Joulaud, was sentenced to three years in prison, with respective ineligibility. two and five years old.
The three defendants were also ordered to pay a total of approximately 800,000 euros in damages to the National Assembly.
The Court of Cassation confirmed the sentences of the 69-year-old Franco-Welsh woman and the 57-year-old former deputy for Sarthe. On the other hand, the high court, which controls compliance with the rules of law and not the merits of the cases, considered that the Paris Court of Appeal had not sufficiently justified the firm part of the sentence imposed on the former Prime Minister. minister.
