PARIS: French prosecutors on Wednesday asked judges to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy to prison — again — this time for seven years and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000) over allegations that the late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi secretly funded his successful 2007 presidential campaign. Sarkozy, 71, was sentenced in September 2025 to five years for criminal conspiracy, becoming the first former French president in modern history to be imprisoned. He served 20 days in Paris’ La Santé prison before being released in November under court supervision.

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

French prosecutors on requested a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in an appeal trial on charges that he sought illegal Libyan financing for his…

PARIS: French prosecutors on Wednesday asked judges to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy to prison — again — this time for seven years and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000)…

Au dernier jour de ses réquisitions, le parquet général a demandé une peine de sept ans de prison ferme contre l’ancien président afin de sanctionner « le pacte corruptif scellé…