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Sarkozy freed after just 20 days in jail over conspiracy
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been freed from prison, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence for conspiracy.
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Sarkozy sentenced to five years over Gaddafi campaign funds conspiracy
A court found former French president Nicolas Sarkozy conspired to illegally finance his 2007 campaign using funds from Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator.
- Henry Samuel and Iona Cleave
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Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to a year’s house arrest
Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid, but will appeal the ruling.
- Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
French mayor convicted of rape runs his town from prison
When the mayor of a Paris suburb and former minister was convicted in February of rape, activists hoped his downfall and imprisonment would send a powerful message. But the case shows much remains broken about the French justice system, they say.
- Rick Noack
Prosecutors seek jail for ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy
The 65-year-old Sarkozy is accused of having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about an investigation involving him.
- Sylvia Corbet
France's Sarkozy in dock in historic 'burner phone' corruption trial
In the first-ever trial of a former president for corruption, president-turned-bestselling-memoirist Nicolas Sarkozy faces charges of corruption and influence peddling.
- Anna Pujol-Mazzini
Ex-French president Sarkozy probed over claims of taking Libyan cash
The 65-year-old has denied the allegations but his lawyer would not say if he would appeal against the decision.
- Henry Samuel
'Precariousness kills': Student sets himself on fire to protest over economic uncertainty
Anas K. explicitly attributed his suicide attempt to the financial insecurity he faced as a student, blaming France's leadership of recent years.
- Mélissa Godin
France's Sarkozy to face trial for corruption and influence peddling
The case came about after investigators used phone-taps to examine allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi funded Sarkozy's campaign.
Sarkozy faces second day of questioning in Gaddafi funds case
It is the second major investigation for Sarkozy, who is also facing charges of illicit campaign spending overruns during his failed re-election bid in 2012.
- Clotaire Achi