US EditionFrance’s top court upholds Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012
The Court of Cassation confirmed Sarkozy's one-year sentence with six months enforceable for illegal campaign financing that nearly doubled legal spending limits, prosecutors said.
- France's highest court on Wednesday, November 26, upheld a conviction that Nicolas Sarkozy illegally financed his 2012 re-election campaign, making the verdict definitive.
- Prosecutors say Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 campaign spent nearly 43 million euros, nearly double the legal limit, while investigators allege UMP used public relations firm Bygmalion and false invoices to shift costs.
- An appeals court in Paris had sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy to a one‑year prison sentence with six months suspended, and the six‑month term can be served at home with electronic monitoring or an ankle bracelet.
- Sarkozy served 20 days in La Santé prison, Paris, and was released on November 10 under strict judicial supervision and travel restrictions pending further proceedings.
- Looking to the calendar, Sarkozy announced he will publish a prison memoir 'Diary of a Prisoner' on Dec. 10, 2025, after his Libya appeal trial scheduled from March 16 to June 3.
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France top court confirms ex-president Sarkozy conviction
The Court of Cassation, France’s highest court, on Wednesday upheld an appeal court’s decision to find ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing during his 2012 reelection bid, along with his campaign manager and two aides from his political party. The appeals court sentenced Sarkozy to a year of imprisonment with a six-month suspended sentence. On the same set of facts before the appeal court, the Court of Cassation foun…
A French court of appeal has confirmed a six-month prison sentence against former President Sarkozy for illegal campaign funding.
This is a second final sentence for Nicolas Sarkozy. On 26 November 2025, the Court of Cassation confirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal in the case of the illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign. The former head of State is sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which can be adjusted with an electronic bracelet. The sentencing judge now has a month to summon him and organize within four months his probable placement in electr…
France's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the case of illegal campaign financing for his 2012 election, making the conviction final for the second time in his legal record.
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