new video loaded: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Is Imprisoned Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France from 2007 to 2012, began a five-year prison term after he was found guilty of conspiring to seek funding from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign. He has appealed the verdict. By Nader Ibrahim October 21, 2025 Source link
new video loaded: What Does Nicolas Sarkozy’s Conviction Mean? Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty on Thursday of plotting to finance his 2007 election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Aurelien Breeden, a reporter for The New York Times covering France, explains what led to…
By Gabriel Stargardter and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence has deepened divisions in France over judges’ handling of political wrongdoing, months before far-right chief Marine Le Pen attempts to overturn an embezzlement conviction and run for top office. A Paris court jolted the political sphere on Thursday when it handed…
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court is to deliver its verdict Thursday over former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. If convicted, the 70-year-old Sarkozy would be the first former French president found guilty of accepting illegal foreign funds to win…