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French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party Francois Fillon (C) shakes hands with supporters during a meeting in Saint-Pierre on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on February 12, 2017. The French presidential hopeful Fillon pays a three-day visit to the island. Fillon's presidential bid has been thrown into turmoil by revelations that his wife was paid hundreds of thousands of euros over 15 years for a role she is suspected of not having fulfilled. / AFP / Richard BOUHET (Photo credit should read RICHARD BOUHET/AFP/Getty Images)

French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party Francois Fillon (C) shakes hands with supporters during a meeting in Saint-Pierre on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on February 12, 2017. The French presidential hopeful Fillon pays a three-day visit to the island. Fillon's presidential bid has been thrown into turmoil by revelations that his wife was paid hundreds of thousands of euros over 15 years for a role she is suspected of not having fulfilled. / AFP / Richard BOUHET (Photo credit should read RICHARD BOUHET/AFP/Getty Images)
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