French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday on a trip seen as aimed at raising his country's stake in Iraqi reconstruction and easing frictions with Washington over the U ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal of a conviction for corruption and influence peddling but will stay out of prison for now. In 2021, Sarkozy was found guilty of ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends the inauguration of the Institut Claude Pompidou, a new centre for care and research of Alzheimer disease, in Nice in this March 10, 2014 file photo.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence-peddling at the Paris court of appeals. The court on Wednesday upheld his initial ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, greets Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace, Dec. 10 2007 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) ...

A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence-peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.

Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy participates in a roundtable discussion during the National Convention of Spain's PP political party, September 29, 2021, in Madrid, Spain.

PARIS — The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on corruption and influence-peddling charges was suspended Monday less than two hours after it started in order to allow a medical ...

PARIS — A Paris court on Monday found France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence-peddling and sentenced him to a year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.

Key Background Sarkozy is the first president in France’s modern history to be sentenced to jail. His predecessor Jacques Chirac was found guilty of misuse of public funds in 2011 and given a ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing of his 2012 reelection bid where he was accused of spending almost twice the maximum legal amount.