A defiant Nicolas Sarkozy told a Paris court on Thursday that allegations of illegal Libyan financing of his successful 2007 ...
The new trial is starting barely half a month after France's top appeals court on December 18 rejected his appeal against a one-year prison sentence for influence peddling, which he is to serve by ...
The charges were widely denounced abroad as false. The day after the release, during Sarkozy’s visit to Tripoli, France and ...
Accused of war crimes, he is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals — yet the Libyan case appears as the one most likely to significantly affect his legacy. France’s ...
Sarkozy has in recent years faced a raft of legal battles. In December, France's highest court upheld his conviction for corruption and influence peddling to obtain favours from a judge. Sarkozy has ...
Muammar Gaddafi’s son has told FRANCE 24’s sister radio RFI that he was personally involved in giving former French president ...
France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest — and biggest — of a series ...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial this week accused of accepting millions of euros in illegal funding ...