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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Al Bawaba - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he "absolutely" does not expect a pardon after being sentenced to five years in prison in a case involving illegal Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign. He stressed that he is working to prove his "integrity," in an interview published Sunday...
Sentenced to five years in prison in the Libyan financing case, Nicolas Sarkozy poses by fighting unjustly overburdened in the columns of the "JDD". In this interview, the former president excludes any presidential pardon, denounces a "violation of the rule of law" and promises to fight "until his last breath".
Two days after his conviction in the Libyan financing case for his 2007 campaign, Nicolas Sarkozy appeared at the Parc des Princes. ...
The former head of state, a big declared fan of the Parisian club, attended the meeting on Saturday 27 September, after being sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for "association of criminals" in the case of suspicion of...
Sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison in the case of Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign, the ex-president erupted in a river interview granted to the weekly now marked to the far right.
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…
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