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Gaddafi’s son offers evidence that Libya funded Sarkozy election bid

Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy’s detention – and offers evidence for claims first made to Euronews that Libya funded the former French president’s 2007 election bid.

21/03/2018

France

Sarkozy questioned a second day over allegations of Libyan funding

The former president has dismissed the Libya allegations of receiving money from the dictatorial regime of Kahdafi, as 'grotesque' and a 'crude manipulation'

21/03/2018

France

Sarkozy funding scandal: what does it all mean?

Euronews explains what the Libyan case, how it all started, the biggest players in the case, and what could happen next for the former French president.

20/03/2018

France

Police question Sarkozy over alleged Libyan campaign financing

French police are questionning former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, over alleged Libyan contributions to his 2007 presidential campaign.

20/03/2018

France

"Middleman" arrested in UK as part of Sarkozy-Libya funding probe

UK Police swoop on suspect at Heathrow airport to aid French investigation into corruption allegations involving ex-President Sarkozy and funding from Libya

08/01/2018

France

Former French President Sarkozy to 'stand trial' over illegal campaign financing

Nicolas Sarkozy stands accused of fraudulently funding his failed presidential bid in 2012 in the so-called Bygmalion affair.

07/02/2017

France

Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy fails to make second round of Republican Party primary

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been knocked out of a primary to choose the presidential candidate of the centre-right Republican Party.

20/11/2016

France

Can Sarkozy make a comeback? French centre-right picks presidential candidate

With France’s presidential election just months away, parties are picking their candidates in US-style primaries.

20/11/2016

France

Nicolas Sarkozy faces fresh allegations over cash from Gaddafi

Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy is facing fresh allegations over the financing of his 2007 election campaign just days before France is due to hold the first round of primary elections to select

15/11/2016

France

French right-wing face off for the conservative presidential nomination

French right-wing rivals faced off in the first presidential primary debate to decide the conservative nomination.

14/10/2016

France

Can comeback kid Sarkozy really win in 2017?

It came as no great surprise to the French when their hyperactive former leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced he was going to run for the presidency again.

23/08/2016

France

Nicolas Sarkozy confirms French presidential comeback bid

Forecast for months, now its official.

22/08/2016

World News

French ex-President Sarkozy is investigated over campaign funds

Sarkozy put under formal investigation Probe concerns over spending in 2012 election campaign Severe blow to hopes of running again in 2017

16/02/2016

World News

France's mainstream parties scramble to counter the shock breakthrough of the far-right National Front

The shock breakthrough of the far right National Front in French regional elections has left the mainstream parties scrambling to counter the advance

07/12/2015

France

Turnout slightly up in early stages on French regional elections

Voter turnout was slightly up on five years ago in early voting in the French regional elections on Sunday. The trend strengthened as the day wore

06/12/2015

USA

WikiLeaks: NSA spied on French ministers and business too

The online whistleblower, which alleged last week that the US spy agency had bugged recent French presidents, now claims that finance ministers and top companies were targeted too.

30/06/2015

France

Sarkozy reconsolidates by renaming UMP 'Les Républicains'

Re-brand the ‘UMP’ party ‘The Republicans’. Nicolas Sarkozy has secured 83 percent of the members’ support for the change. It is part of

01/06/2015

France

Sarkozy ex-ally cleared of swindling L'Oreal heiress

A French court has cleared a former ally of Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of swindling millions of euros from France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress

28/05/2015

France

Setback for Sarkozy presidential bid after phonetaps ruled legal

The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a potential setback to his mission to seek election again in 2017. His team are to appeal

07/05/2015

France

French UMP moves towards 'Republican' name change

After former French president Nicolas Sarkozy suggested re-naming the country’s conservative UMP party to become the Republican Party, it now seems

06/05/2015