In the initial trial in the Libyan funding case, prosecutors requested that the former French president serve a seven-year prison term. He now faces up to 10 years.

La cour d’appel doit rendre son arrêt le 30 novembre. Commencé le 16 mars, le procès s’achèvera dans deux semaines, après les plaidoiries des avocats des dix prévenus.

French prosecutors have asked judges to sentence former President Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000).