Mrs Fillon paid out of parliamentary funds for 8 years: media The wife of François Fillon, Pénélope Fillon, was paid around 500,000 euros ($538,000) out of parliamentary funds over eight years, a satirical French weekly reported on Wednesday. The Canard Enchainé alleged the presidential candidate's wife was paid as his deputy while he was a longstanding MP for the Sarthe region. FILE IMAGESREFILING TO CORRECT HEADLINE AND LEAD