Former French Prime minister Francois Fillon returns to the courtroom at the Paris’ courthouse, on February 27, 2020, for the hearing of his trial over claims he embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. – Investigators suspect that Francois Fillon, hired his Welsh-born wife Penelope as his parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2013, without having her do any actual work. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)