Francois Bayrou denounces “relentlessness” after the appeal from the Paris prosecutor’s office. “If they didn't find anything in the first instance, they won't find nothing in the second instance,” he says.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal described François Bayrou as a “pillar of French political life” “I have great respect and a form of admiration for him. Obviously we discussed the question of seeing him join the government. But appointing him to National Education was not the best solution,’ he said.