French would-be president Fillon fights scandal over wife's work

By Richard Balmforth and Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential election favourite Francois Fillon sought to fight off a scandal about his wife on Wednesday following a press report that she earned big salaries for work she never did - a charge that could upset his smooth ride into the Elysee. Fillon, a right-wing former prime minister, said he was outraged at the report by the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine which he said showed "contempt and misogyny". Fillon is running for The R