François Bayrou, chairman of the Modem party, has been acquitted "with the benefit of the doubt" by the Paris criminal court in the case of European parliamentary assistants. "It's a relief and a feeling of waste" says Erwan Balanant, MP for the MoDem, while Raquel Garrido, France Unbowed MP, says she is "dissatisfied with the way we can control those in power". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES