France, François Bayrou’s trial in Paris

Oct 2, 2026

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Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French lawyer Francis Teitgen returns to the courtroom after a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou returns to the courtroom after a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou returns to the courtroom after a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ Former member of the European Parliament Bruno Gollnisch and MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier returns to the courtroom after a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumea Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French lawyer Mario Stasi leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Resumption and Conclusion of the Francois Bayrou Trial - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom at the end of the trial during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister François Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Former member of the European Parliament Bruno Gollnisch leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Former member of the European Parliament Bruno Gollnisch leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Former member of the European Parliament Bruno Gollnisch leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Former member of the European Parliament Bruno Gollnisch leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French lawyer Pierre Cornut-Gentille leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French lawyer Pierre Cornut-Gentille leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French lawyer Pierre Cornut-Gentille leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ MoDem party member and former Justice minister Michel Mercier leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Patrick Mignola leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ Patrick Mignola leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx
Francois Bayrou Trial Break - Paris AJ French politician Francois Bayrou leaves the courtroom in a break during a hearing of the appeal trial over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds to pay fictitious parliamentary assistants for the centrist party MoDem, at the Paris courthouse in Paris on October 2, 2026. Former Prime minister F. Bayrou and ten former MoDem executives must answer, starting September 9, 2026, before the Paris appeal court for misappropriation of funds in the case of the MEP assistants, a ten-year-old case in which the former Prime Minister had been acquitted at first instance. Photo by Alexis Jumeau ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: xJumeauxAlexis ABACAx

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