Sarkozy becomes the second former head of state to be stripped of the Legion of Honour — France’s highest distinction — after Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain, who was convicted in 1945 for ...

Sarkozy was fitted with the tag in February instead of serving a one-year jail sentence French authorities have removed the electronic tag that former president Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered to wear ...

Sarkozy is France's first post-war president to be sentenced to serve time. (FRANCE 24 with AFP) Read next. Former French president Sarkozy to get electronic tag after being convicted of graft.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (C) shakes hands with a French police officer as he arrives with his wife Carla Bruni (L) for the last day of his trial on charges of illegal campaign ...

Nicolas Sarkozy is to be fitted with an electronic tag Friday after being convicted of graft, a source close to the case said, in a first for a former French president.. France's highest appeals ...

Sarkozy, 69, and 12 others are now standing trial in Paris for corruption and violating French campaign finance laws. The defendants could face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to € ...

Sarkozy also said that a key document said to be a note from Libya's secret services, mentioning Gadhafi’s agreement to provide Sarkozy’s campaign €50 million in financing, was fake.

Sarkozy, on trial with three of his former ministers, is accused of accepting €50 million in illegal campaign funds, which prosecutors suspect Gaddafi paid in exchange for diplomatic, legal and ...

Sarkozy, 69, is charged with illegal campaign financing, embezzlement, corruption and other crimes. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and €375,000 ($386,000) in fines.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s late strongman Moammar Gadhafi for his ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s late strongman Moammar Gadhafi for his ...

Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017.