Alain Juppé

Onetime frontrunner has been mired in scandal over allegedly paying his wife for a no-show job.

Free-market proponent Fillon to face National Front's Marine Le Pen and the Socialist candidate.

If the former prime minister prevails over Alain Juppe, he will face National Front's Marine Le Pen and a Socialist candidate.

The economic liberal could be France's next president but he's likely to face the National Front's Marine Le Pen.

A runoff is expected between Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe for the right to face the National Front's Marine Le Pen in the presidential election in 2017.

Alain Juppe is the favorite, with former president Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Fillon also vying to face National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

The first round of voting in the presidential primary will take place Sunday.

The French presidential hopeful is accused of 'knowingly underestimating' elements of his campaign financing in failed 2012 bid.

Former president says Les Republicains must unite behind the winner of the primary for France's presidential contest.

Alain Juppe and Nicolas Sarkozy are the leading contenders for the Les Republicains' nomination for president.

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has crept back into contention to become the conservative candidate in France's 2017 presidential election

Former prime minister Alain Juppé, who is associated with corruption and a failed austerity push, is now shown by polls to be the most respected French politician in office