US EditionFrench ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libya campaign financing case
Sarkozy was sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy involving millions of euros from Libya to fund his 2007 campaign, marking the first conviction of a former French president for illegal foreign financing.
- Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy related to campaign financing from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi during his 2007 presidential campaign, marking an unprecedented punishment for a French leader in modern history.
- Sarkozy maintained his innocence, stating, 'I will sleep in prison with my head held high.' He plans to appeal the conviction.
- This case highlights ongoing scrutiny of French political elites and raises concerns over the integrity of campaign financing in elections.
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The French court sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday to a five-year prison sentence for the illegal financing of his 2007 election campaign with funds from the Libyan regime.The Paris court ruled that the ex-mandator should serve the sentence effectively, even if he filed an appeal.The ruling turns Sarkozy, 70, into the first former French chief of state to face a real arrest.Will former President Sarkozy go to jail?The court …
The former President of the Republic was sentenced to five years in prison for "letting his loved ones" approach Muammar Gaddafi's Libya with a view to obtaining illegal financing for his 2007 campaign.
In the Libyan case surrounding the 2007 election campaign, which was handed down on Thursday, 25 September in Paris, eight people were convicted, three were released, and two others were found to have ceased to be prosecuted.
September 25 will remain a black date for Nicolas Sarkozy: five years in prison, a long-deposit warrant, and a one-way move to the prison block despite his announced appeal.
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