The former president has faced multiple corruption cases in recent years, but the Libya case carries by far the heaviest political and symbolic weight, alleging that a foreign dictatorship helped bring a French president to power. #EuropeNews

L’ex-président français a dû nuancer sa défense sur les soupçons de financement libyen de sa campagne de 2007.

French prosecutors have asked a Paris appeals court to sentence former president Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison, and to ban him from public office for five years.