UDI party suspends support for French presidential candidate Fillon

‘France’s center-right UDI party says it has suspended supporting the campaign of presidential candidate Francois Fillon after he was placed under a formal probe.
The president of the UDI party, which has about 30 lawmakers in the lower house of parliament, made the remarks on Wednesday.
The announcement came hours after Fillon was summoned by judges investigating allegations the conservative politician misused taxpayer-funds and paid his wife for a fake job as a parliamentary assistant. He is due to meet the magistrates on March 15.’
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