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France's ex-leader Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial

Prosecutors have requested a six-month prison term, as well as a six-month suspended sentence and a fine of €3,750.

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Conservative French MPs support ex-President Sarkozy after conviction

A number of MPs from Sarkozy's Les Republicains party have expressed their "unwavering support" for the former president on social media.

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France's ex-president, Nicolas Sarkozy, given jail term for corruption

He is the first former French leader to be handed out a prison sentence that includes time with no remission.

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Trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to start on Monday

The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to appear in court on corruption charges that could see him go to jail for up to ten years if proven.

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France: Sarkozy charged with conspiracy over alleged Libyan funding

In a Facebook post published on Friday, Sarkozy said he "learnt of the latest indictment with great stupefaction" and that his "innocence is again violated".

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France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy makes comeback... to writing

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who faces fraud allegations and a looming trial for corruption, releases his memoirs on Thursday (June 27). Entitled 'Passions', the book spans from his debut in politics back in the 1980s to his first day at the Elysee Palace in 2007.

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Sarkozy to face trial for corruption and influence peddling: lawyer

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial for corruption and influence peddling after the country's highest court rejected his final bid to have the case thrown out, said his lawyer on Wednesday.

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Former French President Sarkozy loses campaign financing appeal

A Paris court said on Thursday that it had rejected Sarkozy’s appeal.

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Ex-French President Sarkozy says accusers make his life 'hell'

The former French president mounted a robust defence of his conduct and promised to make his honour "triumph"

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I have never betrayed the French, says Sarkozy amid Libya funding prob

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has appeared on prime time French television after being put under formal investigation over claims he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Sarkozy says he's "living in hell"

Prosecutors are looking into allegations that Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign was aided by millions of euros in money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

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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.

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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'

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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.

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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.

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"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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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