Sarkozy was awarded the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor by his predecessor Jacques Chirac, in 2005, and later elevated to the rank of Grand Cross, the order's most prestigious class, in 2007 ...

Before Sarkozy, Jacques Chirac, another former president, was the only French head of state in modern history to be convicted by a court. Chirac was found guilty of corruption in 2011, four years ...

Sarkozy’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, a fellow conservative, is the only other president in modern French history to be convicted by a court. Chirac was found guilty of corruption in 2011, four ...

Nicolas Sarkozy attends at the match of Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain against Lyon at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France Dec. 15, 2024. France's highest court upholds lower court ruling that ...

Over the next 24 years, he served the presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande and Emmanuel Macron. He rose through the ranks to become the head chef, a position he held from ...

Ciotti responded by calling for a alliance between conservatives and the far-right, which has never happened before in French history, with many political figures and leading members of LR immediately ...

Nicolas Sarkozy. Writer: The Last Summer. He grew up as the son of the Hungarian journalist Pál Sárközy von Nagybócsa and the French lawyer Andrée Mallah. The father comes from a Hungarian count ...

Nicolas Sarkozy at the studio recording of the audio version of his previous book, "Le temps des tempêtes", June 2, 2021. GILLES BASSIGNAC / DIVERGENCES For this latest book, he has left his long ...

Sarkozy and the late Jacques Chirac, who was also found guilty of corruption in 2011, are the only presidents during France's 64-year-old Fifth Republic to be convicted by a court.

This article appears in the February 20/27, 2023 issue. Illustration by Julie BenBassat. When his debut novel caused a sensation in France, Édouard Louis was just 21. The End of Eddy (originally ...

Macron candidates won 245 seats, ahead of the left-wing coalition NUPES and its allies on 131 seats, while the far-right National Rally achieved a historic breakthrough with 89 seats.