Nicolas Sarkozy

November 11, 2025 11:55 AM

France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya. Sarkozy was sent to prison on October 21 after he was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The former conservative leader, who was president from 2007 to 20...

October 21, 2025 1:06 PM

Defiant former French president Sarkozy to begin five-year prison term

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy left his Paris home on Tuesday to head to jail, walking hand in hand with his wife Carla Bruni and cheered on by a crowd of supporters chanting "Nicolas, Nicolas". Sarkozy stepped into a car to head to the French capital's La Santé jail, where he will start a five-year sentence, in a stunning downfall for a man who was president of France between 2007 and 2012. A court decided to jail the conservative former leader after finding him guilty of cons...

October 13, 2025 10:44 PM

Ex-French President Sarkozy’s 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election campaign funds from Libya, RTL reported on Monday. RTL reported that Sarkozy would be sent to Paris' Sante prison on October 21. The Paris financial prosecutor's office said it could neither confirm nor deny the RTL report. Sarkozy's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment....

January 6, 2025 4:21 PM

France’s Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on Monday charged with receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya's late strongman Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid. Sarkozy has always denied the accusations. The conservative former leader faces charges of "concealment of embezzlement of public funds, passive corruption, illegal campaign financing and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime," the financial prosecutor's office said....