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Urgent: France's Fillon recognizes moral "error", apologizes to French people

Xinhua, February 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Monday admitted a moral "error" and apologized to the French people.

"All the facts evoked are legal and transparent" on the matter of hiring his wife and children as collaborators of the parliamentarian, he told a press conference. Endit