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Former French President Sarkozy reaches jail to begin 5-year sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
October 21, 2025 8:09 pm
Sarkozy, 70, was accompanied by his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, as hundreds of supporters gathered outside their home, chanting his name, waving French flags, and displaying banners reading “Courage Nicolas, return soon” and “true France with Nicolas.”
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison
September 25, 2025 5:15 pm
The court found Sarkozy guilty of criminal association in a plot from 2005 to 2007 to fund his campaign with Libyan money in exchange for diplomatic favours.
France's top court upholds sentencing of former president Sarkozy in corruption
December 18, 2024 9:15 pm
Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017 though still plays an influential role in French conservative politics.
France's Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of illegally financing 2012 election bid
September 30, 2021 9:08 pm
It was the second guilty verdict this year for Nicolas Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012 and retains influence among conservatives despite falling from grace over his legal woes.
France's Nicolas Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial
June 23, 2021 10:45 am
Prosecutors said on March 10, 2012, eight weeks before the presidential election runoff, the campaign’s budget was already above the legal limit. The next day, Sarkozy held a giant rally at Villepinte, north of Paris, which alone cost 6 million euros.
France's Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial
June 22, 2021 6:14 pm
Sarkozy, France's president from 2007 to 2012, denies wrongdoing. He is accused of having spent almost twice the maximum legal amount of 22.5 million euros (USD 27.5 million) on the re-election bid that he lost to Socialist Francois Hollande.
Explained: The illegal campaign funding case involving Nicolas Sarkozy
May 21, 2021 7:28 am
In March this year, Nicolas Sarkozy had become the second president in modern-day France — after Jacques Chirac, another rightwing politician — to be convicted for corruption.
France's Nicolas Sarkozy faces new trial over 2012 campaign finance
March 18, 2021 10:24 am
Nicolas Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, is facing allegations that he spent almost twice the maximum authorized amount of 22.5 million euros ($26.8 million) in his 2012 reelection bid, which he lost to Francois Hollande.
Nicolas Sarkozy ready to sue France before European court to prove innocence
March 03, 2021 8:19 am
The court found that Sarkozy, 66, had tried to bribe a judge and peddle his influence after leaving office in exchange for inside information about an investigation into his 2007 campaign finances. Sarkozy is appealing the ruling.
Explained: What is the corruption case in which Nicolas Sarkozy has been jailed?
March 04, 2021 10:41 am
Sarkozy has been accused of bribing a judge with the promise of an important position in exchange for receiving confidential information about another trial that the former French president is facing.
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