The former French president has been convicted before, but the charge that he took illegal campaign funding from the regime ...

The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is ...

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 ...

French prosecutors requested on Thursday a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on ...

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 ...

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.