France 07/02/2017 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.
France 20/11/2016 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.
France 20/11/2016 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.
France 15/11/2016 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
France 14/10/2016 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.
France 23/08/2016 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.
France 22/08/2016 Nicolas Sarkozy confirms French presidential comeback bid Forecast for months, now its official.
world news 16/02/2016 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
world news 07/12/2015 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
France 06/12/2015 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
USA 30/06/2015 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.
France 01/06/2015 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
France 28/05/2015 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
France 07/05/2015 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
France 06/05/2015 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
Insight 30/03/2015 French conservatives deliver Socialists sharp slap in local polls Fans of France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy threw out a cheer after the centre-right UMP party he leads looked to have won some two thirds of the
world news 23/03/2015 Sarkozy denies far-right Marine Le Pen victory in French local elections Setting the conditions in France for a “massive swing back to the right and centre”. That’s the view of centre-right UMP party leader Nicolas Sarkozy
France 22/03/2015 French regional vote: Polls suggest Front National has mediocre first round Initial exit polls suggest Le Pen's Front National has had a disappointing first round in the French elections, while Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP looks set to triumph.
France 22/03/2015 France regional elections: exit polls put Sarkozy's UMP in lead Exit polls following the first round of regional elections in France suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party will come out in the lead. The
France 08/03/2015 French ex-minister under formal investigation in funding probe Former French Minister Claude Gueant has been placed under formal investigation over allegations the ex-Libyan leader Gaddafi helped finance
