France's Fillon struggles to save presidential bid

French rightwing candidate Francois Fillon battled to save his scandal-hit presidential bid on Wednesday as grim new polling numbers and party colleagues increased pressure on him to step aside.Fillon has been favourite to be France's next leader since November when he clinched the nomination for the Republicans party, but the survey suggested for the first time he would be defeated in the first round of the election.The main beneficiary from his woes appears to be Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-o