Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Time: 6:06 am (Paris)
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The appeals trial over suspicions of Libyan funding for the 2007 presidential campaign began on March 16. The case is filled with a cast of shady figures.The appeals trial over suspicions of Libyan funding for the 2007 presidential campaign began on March 16. The case is filled with a cast of shady figures
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Time: 6:06 am (Paris)
8 min read
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The former French president once again tried on Monday to prove that the sums paid by Libyans were not used to fund his 2007…

Nicolas Sarkozy has been many things in French public life: president, campaigner, political disruptor and, in the long-running…

'The truth is that there wasn't a single cent of Libyan money in my campaign,' former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told the…

On the third day of his appeal trial over allegations that he sought funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libya for his 2007 election…

The former French President denies all charges in the case and has 10 days to appeal the decision in the court of appeals

The former president has faced multiple corruption cases in recent years, but the Libya case carries by far the heaviest…