PARIS: France’s top court said Wednesday it will rule in November on embattled former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s final appeal over illegal campaign financing in 2012, in a case that could cement his second criminal conviction. Sarkozy, who remains an influential figure on the right, has been embroiled in legal problems since losing the 2012 presidential election. Last month, Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison over a scheme for late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi to fund his 2007 presidential run. He will be the first French postwar leader to serve jail time.
French court sets November ruling in Sarkozy campaign finance appeal
Sarkozy has been embroiled in legal problems since losing the 2012 presidential election
In November, Sarkozy will learn if his conviction is overturned or confirmed
October 08, 2025 19:05
PARIS: France’s top court said Wednesday it will rule in November on embattled former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s final appeal over illegal campaign financing in 2012, in a case that could cement his second criminal conviction.
The Court of Cassation in Paris could add on Wednesday a second definitive conviction to the former French president's record.
PARIS: France’s top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his 2012 reelection…
Sarkozy was found to be the beneficiary of illegal campaign financing in 2012 through a double-billing system to cover costs. It…
The former French president was sentenced to five years in prison in September after he was found guilty of seeking to acquire…
Former French president released from prison only this month in connection with separate conviction
Sarkozy's legal team has sought to merge two conviction sentences in two separate cases into time served with an ankle monitor.
