we just saw jean-francois copÉ denying knowledge of the scandal and yet today he announced that he wouldgn over the scandal. forced to resign. there was a meeting this morning after the ump, the conservative party, jean-francois copÉ read a text that said that he was intending to stay at the helm of the party. is aer, what he faces firing squad. atre was no way you can stay the helm of the party, they said. we do notbelieve you, trust you, we need to rebuild the party. let's not forget jean-francois copÉ became the head of the party after a very controversial election where there were accusations that he cheated at the end of 2012, not even a year and half ago. there was already an issue of legitimacy and now this scandal to which he claims he had no knowledge of, was clearly too much for him and he could not resist the pressure from all the heavyweights in the party, so they forced him to resign. this will be effective june 15. also there will be a congress of the party that will be convened this fall. it was supposed to take place in the fall of next year, however, this will allow the

scandal so just a reminder, this is the name of an event planning company, led by friends of jean-francois cope, and they signed off -- they -- it is alleged they signed off on millions and thanked -- fake bankrolls in the election of nicolas sarkozy. it talks about a cash machine money, 22 lot more point 7 million euros over a longer amount of time. >> francois hollande and his socialist party came in in a dismal third, in these elections here in france. we have magazines talking about their chances. >> really, we still have three more years of francois hollande, after a stored beating in those european elections, with 14% of the vote. a very disappointed looking francois hollande here on the page. this is part of a wave of panic right now, and even though he is vowing to have the courts it is program, he is at an all-time low in opinion polls, so they wonder, can he actually hold on during his mandate and the analysis is that on top of his team and his political line, his character is in question these days, over the past few months it seems like everything has changed around him except for h

it is unlikely that the unp is going to have a going away party for jean-francois cope. a supporter of the unp hands around an envelope, saying this is for his going away party, but the new leaders of the unp say that they will need a smaller hat for that. >> they also focus on the three former prime ministers who will lead the party until he officially steps down on june 15. fillon, larcher and juppe --you can see them there on the front page with sarkozy. the troika is by the -- the bedside but this is almost like a deathbed. there has been a lot of concern and in the editorial, they say the party is facing a serious leadership crisis and it really needs to rebuild itself, everything needs to be redefined from the party's organization, to its strategy, to the political line and one thing that they make very clear, is that nicolas sarkozy's political ambitions -- what does he want to do, does he want to make a comeback? he will have to make it clear to the party because what is the use of rebounding the party if he is going to be on the sidelines? -- let'smove france le