FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017 file picture, French centrist politician Francois Bayrou, left, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, pose for photographers after a meeting, in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. France's justice minister, Francois Bayrou, who was preparing a draft law to clean up politics but whose party is targeted for possible investigation, resigned on Wednesday to avoid compromising the new government of President Emmanuel Macron, according to French media. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)