French former prime minister Francois Fillon attends a hearing before a parliamentary committee of inquiry over links with Moscow and his presence for a time in two boards of directors of Russian multinationals, at the French National Assembly in Paris, on May 2, 2023. - The former right-wing candidate for the 2017 presidential election appeared on May 2 before a commission of inquiry, initiated by the far-rigth Rassemblement National (RN) group, focused on "political, economic and financial interference of foreign powers." (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)