<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Francois Fillon Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:13:20 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Marine Le Pen calls immigration a 'THREAT' to French values during attack on globalisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/775739_1.jpg"/><br><br>MARINE LE PEN branded globalisation a “catastrophe” as she claimed mass immigration had become a “threat” to French values.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Jack Warren]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>immigration, values, Penn, France, president, election, Brexit, Trump, referendum, EU, Macron, CBS, globalisation, Juppe, Fillon,headlines, politics, world, immigration</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/775739_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marine Le Pen used the Brexit result as an example of how she can win the French election]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY•CBS]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/775739_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marine Le Pen used the Brexit result as an example of how she can win the French election]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY•CBS]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fury as conservative accuses Macron of plot to oust rival and MOCKS Merkel ]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/921489_1.jpg"/><br><br>AN AUDIO recording of the leader of France’s opposition Republican party accusing president Emmanuel Macron of plotting his former rival François Fillon’s fall from grace and mocking German chancellor Angela Merkel has sparked a political storm in France.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Romina McGuinness]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>UploadExpress, Laurent Wauquiez, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, video, downfall, Francois Fillon,headlines, UploadExpress</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/921489_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Laurent Wauquiez reportedly told French students that Macron orchestrated Francois Fillon's downfall]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/921489_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Laurent Wauquiez reportedly told French students that Macron orchestrated Francois Fillon's downfall]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIG SPENDER: Macron threw more money at election than presidential rivals, expenses reveal]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/838993_1.jpg"/><br><br>EMMANUEL Macron spent more than any other presidential candidate on his whirlwind campaign, according to expenses published last week by the Journal Officiel.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Romina McGuinness]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>UploadExpress, fracois fillon, marine le pen, emmanuel macron, centre candidate, france, french election, president</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/838993_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Macron threw more money at election than presidential rivals, expenses reveal]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail 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Here are the latest odds on the election.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 12:27:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Sebastian Kettley]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>France, Marine Le Pen, Francois Fillon, Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc M&#xE9;lenchon, ,headlines, politics, world, France</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/794339_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The first leg of the French presidential race is this weekend – here are the latest odds]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY•PRESITRACK]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/794339_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The first leg of the French presidential race is this weekend – here are the latest odds]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY•PRESITRACK]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Francois Fillon urges voters against Marine Le Pen admitting ‘I’m angry angry and bitter']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/799848_1.jpg"/><br><br>FORMER French prime minister François Fillon warned voters on Tuesday against taking a giant leap into the void by choosing to vote for hard-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s highly anticipated runoff election. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Romina McGuinness]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>UploadExpress, Francois Fillon, Marine Le Pen,headlines, world, UploadExpress</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/799848_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[François Fillon urged voters not to put the future of France in the hands of Marine Le Pen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/799848_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[François Fillon urged voters not to put the future of France in the hands of Marine Le Pen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Francois Fillon launches legal action against newspaper responsible for Fake Jobs scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/799563_1.jpg"/><br><br>FRANCOIS Fillon is suing the newspaper Le Canard Enchaine, which he believes is to blame for destroying his French election dream after they revealed the ‘fake jobs’ scandal. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 09:34:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Laura Mowat ]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Francois Fillon, France, Le Canard Enchaine, Penelope, fake jobs</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/799563_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fillon's presidency chances were crippled after the scandal]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/799563_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fillon's presidency chances were crippled after the scandal]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATCH: Marine Le Pen COPIES Francois Fillon WORD FOR WORD in election rally speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/799114_1.jpg"/><br><br>MARINE Le Pen has been accused of copying failed French election candidate Francois Fillon word for word during a speech at her final rally before Sunday’s crunch vote.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 11:44:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Laura Mowat]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Francois Fillon, Marine Le Pen, France, Election, speech</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/799114_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Le Pen is under fire for copying Francois Fillon's speech]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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Hunt]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Francois Fillon, Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron, French election, 2017, Front National, Florian Philippot, Axelle Lemaire,headlines, politics, world, Francois Fillon</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/798994_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising a speech by Fillon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/798994_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising a speech by Fillon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" 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height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The French Secretary of State claimed Fillon voters were likely to back Marine Le Pen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[BBC•GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/796124_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The French Secretary of State claimed Fillon voters were likely to back Marine Le Pen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[BBC•GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m INVALID' Fillon announces SHOCK resignation after leading former party to epic defeat]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/796093_1.jpg"/><br><br>FRANÇOIS Fillon has said he is no longer “legitimate” to lead his centre-right Republican party.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:06:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Aletha Adu]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Francois Fillon, Macron, France election, resignation,headlines, world, Francois Fillon</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/796093_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Francois Fillon announced his resignation a day after he lead his the shock first round defeat]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[REUTERS]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/796093_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Francois Fillon announced his resignation a day after he lead his the shock first round defeat]]></media:description><media:credit 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