French Jewish leaders criticize Fillon over fundamentalism comments

Jewish leaders criticizes French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon on Wednesday for suggesting Jews had in the past not wanted to respect the country's rules. Fillon, tipped to win the second round of a primary this weekend to become the conservative candidate for next year's presidential election, was talking to Europe 1 radio about the need to fight radical Islamism. "We must fight that fundamentalism, in the same way that in the past ... we fought some forms of Catholic fundamentalism