12 h. ago The rise and fall of Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president jailed in historic first

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy begun serving a prison sentence in Paris on Tuesday (21 October) – the first time a leader of the French Fifth Republic has been jailed.

Politics

22 h. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at prison to begin five

The 70-year-old becomes the first former French leader to be jailed since Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Petain

Events

23 h. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy hugs supermodel wife before going into prison

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

Events

35 h. ago What we know about the prison where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will serve time

It remains unclear whether Sarkozy will be placed in isolation or within the “VIP quarters”

Events

54 h. ago Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is 'not afraid' of jail as he prepares to be locked up in a matter of hours

The former French president is due to be incarcerated at Paris's Sante prison on Tuesday after he was convicted of attempting to raise campaign funds from Libya in 2007.

Politics

62 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week

Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five months in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Sarkozy prison date to be set. Here's why the former French president will serve time despite appeal

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, has been summoned by the National Financial Prosecutor’s office to set a date for his incarceration

Events

3 w. ago Investigation into Nicolas Sarkozy not due to ‘hatred’, his prosecutor says

Jean-François Bohnert rejects claim by ex-French president, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for election funding conspiracyThe French prosecutor whose office led the case against the former president Nicolas Sarkozy over campaign funding from Libya has denied the investigation was motivated by hatred.In a rare public comment, Jean-François Bohnert, France’s top prosecutor for financial crimes, told RTL radio on Monday: “We have no hatred to express Our compass is the law, it is the rule of law.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Nicolas Sarkozy’s lawyers will try to ensure time in prison is ‘as short as possible’

Former French president sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over election campaign funds scheme with Gaddafi regimeLawyers for the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have said they will try to ensure he serves as little time in prison as possible, after he was sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.“We’re going to make sure that his incarceration will be as short as possible,” Sarkozy’s lawyer, Jean-Michel Darrois, told the BFMTV news channel on Friday after he became the first French president to go to jail. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Macron comes under pressure to PARDON his shamed predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy after French ex president was sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy

A Paris court sentenced Sarkozy, to five years in jail and a €100,000 fine over allegations he sought millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 election campaign.

Events

3 w. ago Sarkozy will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after Libya conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Fuming Carla Bruni rips off reporter's microphone after Nicolas Sarkozy rants at journalists following five

Supermodel Carla Bruni could spend up to 20 years behind bars after she was dragged into a fraud scandal involving her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Politics

3 w. ago Will Carla Bruni follow her husband into prison? France's ex First Lady faces an even LONGER term than Nicolas Sarkozy if convicted after getting dragged into his corruption scandal

Supermodel Carla Bruni could spend up to 20 years behind bars after she was dragged into a fraud scandal involving her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Events

3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for criminal conspiracy

Sarkozy is expected to appeal his sentence, but will still be required to go to prison.

Events

3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy in Libya case

Sarkozy was accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid

Events

3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy and has now been sentenced by the Paris Judicial Court

Events

3 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign

Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy for receiving millions of euros from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Here is a bit more on that from Reuters:Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, was accused of making a deal with Gaddafi in 2005, when he was France’s interior minister, to obtain campaign financing in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government on the international stage. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago France's ex President Nicolas Sarkozy is found GUILTY of criminal conspiracy as shocked wife Carla Bruni looks on in court

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of some, but not all, charges in a trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign

Events