Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (C) shakes hands with a French police officer as he arrives with his wife Carla Bruni (L) for the last day of his trial on charges of illegal campaign ...

French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year jail term for former president Nicolas Sarkozy who is accused of illegally accepting funds for his successful 2007 presidential campaign from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A few months into Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency, Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi pitched his Bedouin-style ...

The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy came to a close this week, ending three months of exhaustive examination of allegations that the right-wing politician had struck a bargain with ...

A French court will rule on September 25 in the trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges he accepted illegal ...

PARIS (AP) — The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 ...

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial over allegations of having received millions from Libya's former dictator Moammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

Prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Thursday, March 27, in his trial on charges of allegedly accepting illegal election campaign financing ...

Watch more What is former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption trial about? Sarkozy, 69, was president from 2007-2012. He denies the charges against him which include illegal campaign ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing serious legal trouble. French prosecutors have asked a court to sentence him to seven years in prison. They also want him to pay a fine of € ...

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at his trial for illegal campaign financing, at the Paris court, on March 25, 2025. HUGO MATHY/AFP The National Financial Prosecutor's Office was merciless ...