Category: Politics

Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced to Five Years for Libya Campaign Funding

A Paris court has handed former French president Nicolas Sarkozy a five‑year prison term and a €100,000 fine for criminal conspiracy tied to alleged Libyan cash in his 2007 campaign. The ruling also strips him of civil rights and bars him from office for five years. Sarkozy denies the charges and plans to appeal, while the verdict marks a historic first for a French head of state since World War II.