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

By Richard Balmforth and Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential election favorite 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 Re