Protestors carry a banner reading "Lock up Fillon, Free Bagui Traore, Be Ungovernable" during a demonstration against Les Republicans (LR) political party candidate for the 2017 presidential election Francois Fillon (not pictured) in Nîmes, southern France, on March 2, 2017. French conservative Francois Fillon on March 1 refused to abandon his presidential bid despite announcing that he faces criminal charges of fraudulently placing his wife on the public payroll. / AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)