Early defeat

The head of the election headquarters of the French presidential candidate from the republican lawyer Party Francois Fiion filed against the background of the scandal with illegal payments to his wife politician, BBC reports . Patrick Stefanini announced that his dismissal would enter into force on Sunday evening.

Stephanini said he advised the presidential candidate to stop the campaign immediately after the investigation began. The head of the headquarters also noted that he could not be sure of the probability of Fiion’s exit to the second round of elections.

On Friday, the French centrists from the party of the Union of Democrats and Independent (UDI) refused to support Fiion. UDI Vice President Jean-Marie Boker called on the mayor of Bordeaux Alena Juppe, who took second place in the primaries of the right, replace the Fiion.

Meanwhile, on Friday, the leader of the ultra -right, Marine Le Pen, whom the European Parliament deprived of deputy immunity was summoned to the court in the case of hiring fictitious employees. She stated that she would not respond to the agenda until the end of the election campaign.

Polls conducted in the middle of the week show that the former Minister of Economics Center Emmanuel Macron in the first round will receive 27 percent of the vote, he will be followed by Le Pen with 25.5 percent, and Fionon will leave the race with 19 percent. If Fiion replaces the jupple, it will come first with 26.5 percent of the vote, Markon and Le Pen will receive 25 and 24 percent, respectively.

On February 25, the French prosecutor's office opened the case against Fion . Politics suspect that he paid his wife and children for a job, which they really did not do. On Wednesday, Fiion assured that he did not intend to leave the race because of this scandal . Like Le Pen, Fillon advocates lifting sanctions from Russia.