The grubby backroom deals and "bling bling" reputation that many French people have come to associate with Nicolas Sarkozy ...

STORY: As the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy projected a tough-on-crime approach.Now, he's set to be the first modern ...

The dramatic decision to send former president Nicolas Sarkozy to prison for criminal conspiracy has laid bare France's stark ...

A Paris court has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy ...

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on some but not all charges on Thursday in ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty on Thursday of plotting to finance his 2007 election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Aurelien ...

When a Paris court handed Nicolas Sarkozy a five-year prison sentence on Thursday – for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to ...

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's bombshell conviction in a Libyan funding probe has elicited starkly opposing reactions ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, once a dynamic and controversial leader who promised to transform France, has been sentenced to five years ...

Despite facing multiple legal proceedings, the former French leader — the first to enter prison — kept his political and ...

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's bombshell conviction in a Libyan funding probe has elicited starkly opposing reactions from left and right, exposing France's political divide.

He was convicted of criminal association in a plot from 2005-2007 to finance his campaign with funds from Libya in exchange ...