Overview
- A judicial source confirmed Fillon ended his cassation appeal in the fake‑jobs case, closing the long-running proceedings.
- The Court of Cassation in 2024 left his convictions, including embezzlement of public funds, definitive while limiting a retrial to the penalty.
- At the third trial on June 17, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal imposed a four‑year suspended term, a €375,000 fine and five years of ineligibility, a ruling that avoided electronic monitoring.
- An earlier appellate ruling on May 9, 2022, had been harsher, with one year of firm prison and ten years of ineligibility before partial annulment.
- The cassation court registered the withdrawals by François and Pénélope Fillon on January 9; her two‑year suspended sentence and matching fine have been final since 2024, and her remaining appeal concerned only damages.