Former president Nicolas Sarkozy imprisoned

Nicolas Sarkozy entered the Élysée Palace in 2007, boasting hyperactive energy and a vision to transform France, but lost office after just one term. The ex-president has now gone to prison in a spectacular downfall.

Former French president Sarkozy faces court over alleged €50 million Gaddafi pact

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, already convicted twice in separate cases since leaving office, on Monday goes on trial charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

EU ‘dancing on edge of volcano’ with Ukraine – French ex-president, Sarkozy

It’s high time for the EU to abandon its emotionally driven policies on Ukraine and start talking about achieving peace, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested.

Procès Bygmalion : Nicolas Sarkozy condamné à un an de prison ferme • FRANCE 24

 

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Trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy over corruption opens in Paris - FRANCE24

 Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal woes.

French Ex-President Sarkozy in Custody in Campaign Funding Probe

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said.

Former French PM Fillon makes surprise lead in conservative's first round primary

Former French prime minister Francois Fillon finished first out of seven contenders in the first round of the conservative primary on Sunday, making a surprise lead in the competition in which ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was knocked out, partial results showed.

France's Nicolas Sarkozy faces Gaddafi payment claims. Sarkozy vigorously denied the allegations

Nicolas Sarkozy's links with Muammar Gaddafi have come under fresh scrutiny after a businessman admitted delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from the late Libyan leader towards the Frenchman's first presidential bid.

Sarkozy: EU needs reforms, no new members should be admitted. "There is no room for Turkey in the European Union"

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy has come up for a profound reform of the European Union following Great Britain’s referendum on its EU membership and for admitting no new members to the European Union.

French premier backs Turkey's EU bid

Turkey’s stalled EU membership talks must move forwards, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday.

US agency spied on last three French presidents (WikiLeaks)

The US National Security Agency spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande according to WikiLeaks, citing top secret intelligence reports and technical documents.

Ex-French minister in custody over Gaddafi funds

Former French Interior Minister Claude Gueant has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into whether Libya helped to finance former President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.

Corruption Probe Into Former French President Sarkozy Suspended

An investigation of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for alleged corruption and influence-peddling has been suspended, AFP reported on Wednesday.
The investigation was dropped just days after Sarkozy announced that he was returning to politics.
“The Paris appeals court decided Tuesday to drop the probe and does not have to give a reason,” the news agency quotes a source close to the inquiry as saying.
On Friday, September 19 Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he plans to run for the country’s top position again.

Τηλεφωνικές συνομιλίες που «καίνε» τον Σαρκοζί δημοσιεύει η «Le Monde»

.... Σύμφωνα με την εφημερίδα, ο πρώην πρόεδρος της Γαλλίας υποσχέθηκε να μεσολαβήσει για να βοηθήσει ανώτατο δικαστικό να τοποθετηθεί σε υψηλή θέση στο Μονακό, ενώ στη συνέχεια άλλαξε γνώμη.

Σύμφωνα με τα αποσπάσματα των συνομιλιών αυτών, ο Σαρκοζί και ο δικηγόρος του Τιερί Ερζόγκ αναφέρονται επανειλημμένως στην επιθυμία του ανώτατου δικαστικού Ζιλμπέρ Αζιμπέρ, ο οποίος κατείχε θέση στο Εφετείο, να διοριστεί σε υψηλό πόστο στο Μονακό...
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12/7/14

Υπό κράτηση για πρώτη φορά πρώην πρόεδρος της Γαλλίας

Υπό κράτηση έχει τεθεί ο πρώην πρόεδρος της Γαλλίας Νικολά Σαρκοζί, ο οποίος ανακρίνεται στην υπόθεση του σκανδάλου αθέμιτης άσκησης επιρροής.

Οι δικαστικές αρχές επιδιώκουν να εξακριβώσουν εάν ο πρώην πρόεδρος της Γαλλίας, με την υποστήριξη του δικηγόρου του Τιερί Ερζόγκ, επεδίωξε να λάβει πληροφορίες από ανώτατο δικαστικό για έρευνα που αφορούσε το πρόσωπό του με αντάλλαγμα την εξασφάλιση υψηλού αξιώματος.