US EditionFrench ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libya campaign financing case
- On September 25, 2025, a court in Paris convicted former French President Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy connected to alleged Libyan financial support during his 2007 election campaign and sentenced him to a five-year prison term.
- The conviction arose from accusations that between 2005 and 2007 Sarkozy engaged in a scheme to secure millions of euros from Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi in exchange for diplomatic favors.
- The court cleared Sarkozy of charges including corruption and illegal campaign financing, while the judges justified his pre-emptive detention by emphasizing the significant political implications of the case.
- At 70, Sarkozy denounced the verdict as deeply unjust and announced his intention to appeal, declaring that if incarceration is imposed, he will face it with dignity and unwavering resolve.
- The ruling marks a historic first in France and intensifies political divisions while throwing the country’s political class into turmoil amid concerns about judicial precedent and political motives.
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France sentences former president Sarkozy for 2007 campaign
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy. Although he was acquitted of some corruption allegations, the Correctional Tribunal of Paris found Sarkozy guilty of a criminal association with an organized scheme to illegally finance his 2007 presidential election campaign. The decision has sparked various reactions in France concerning the severity of the penalty and the former Pre…
In France, at Least, They Imprison Their Felon Ex-Presidents
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy. Sentenced to five years in prison, he is due to appear in court on 13 October to learn the date of his incarceration. The unprecedented ruling enshrines the Republican principle of full and complete equality of citizens before the law. The post At Least in France They Imprison Their Felon Ex-Presidents appeared first on FlaglerLive.
DECRYPTAGE - While the right and the RN support the former president, the macroist camp takes refuge in an unusual silence.
Pointing out the supposed bias of justice, rather than condemning the misdemeanours blamed by the former president, severely slits the Republican pact. And it is also forgetting the many laws of moralization of political life recently adopted.
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