In a politically charged and deeply polarised France, the sentencing of a revered yet divisive former head of state has become a defining test of institutional independence. Former President Nicolas ...

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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 ...

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.

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Sarkozy’s lawyer Jean-Michel Darroisy condemned an “unacceptable” verdict, which rests on “hypotheses built on hypotheses”. But he also stated that justice “needs trust … if not trust then at least ...

The Paris Criminal Court found the former French president guilty in the case of suspected financing of his 2007 campaign by ...