That week-long stay is now under scrutiny as part of a high-profile trial against Sarkozy on charges of corruption, embezzlement and illegal campaign financing. Prosecutors allege that the visit ...

Prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Thursday, March 27, in his trial on charges of allegedly accepting illegal election campaign financing ...

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at his trial for illegal campaign financing, at the Paris court, on March 25, 2025. HUGO MATHY/AFP The National Financial Prosecutor's Office was merciless ...

PARIS -- The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France's back-channel talks with ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives as he goes on trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ...

Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has denied all wrongdoing. The trial, which started in January, is to continue until April 8, with Sarkozy's lawyers to plead on the last day.

French prosecutors have requested a seven-year jail sentence and a €300,000 fine for French former president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan leader ...