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Trump Weighs In on Marine Le Pen Conviction

April 4, 2025April 4, 2025Roger CohenComments Off on Trump Weighs In on Marine Le Pen Conviction

The American president cast the French politician’s conviction as an example of far-right persecution, ignoring ample evidence against her.

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Prosecutors Seek 7-Year Sentence for Sarkozy in Qaddafi Money Case

March 27, 2025AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Prosecutors Seek 7-Year Sentence for Sarkozy in Qaddafi Money Case

The former French president has been convicted before, but the charge that he took illegal campaign funding from the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has been the most damaging to his legacy.

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Trial Starts for Nicolas Sarkozy in Libya Election Case

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Trial Starts for Nicolas Sarkozy in Libya Election Case

The former French president has faced several legal cases since leaving office, but accusations that he received money for his 2007 election from Libyan authorities have been particularly damaging.

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Nicolas Sarkozy’s Prison Sentence Halved to 6 Months

February 14, 2024Roger CohenComments Off on Nicolas Sarkozy’s Prison Sentence Halved to 6 Months

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France saw an appeals court uphold his conviction for illegally financing an election campaign, but he received a lighter sentence.

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A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies

August 27, 2023August 28, 2023Roger CohenComments Off on A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies

Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.

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Nicolas Sarkozy to Face Trial in France on Charges of Campaign Financing by Libya

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Nicolas Sarkozy to Face Trial in France on Charges of Campaign Financing by Libya

Nicolas Sarkozy of France is accused of receiving illegal funding for his 2007 election from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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Trump Indictment Is a First for the U.S. but Not for Other Nations

March 31, 2023June 8, 2023RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑAComments Off on Trump Indictment Is a First for the U.S. but Not for Other Nations

Scholars say it is important to hold the powerful legally accountable, but there are likely to be charges — well-founded or not — that prosecutors have political motives.

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Are Traditional Political Parties Dead in France?

April 28, 2022Aurelien Breeden and Constant MéheutComments Off on Are Traditional Political Parties Dead in France?

Presidents, prime ministers, Parliament — France’s mainstream left and right-wing parties used to have it all. In the first round of April’s presidential elections, they got less than 7 percent of the vote.

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Zelensky Blasts Merkel and Sarkozy for Denying Ukraine NATO Membership

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022STEVEN ERLANGERComments Off on Zelensky Blasts Merkel and Sarkozy for Denying Ukraine NATO Membership

In a video address, he said that NATO’s decision in 2008 not to give Ukraine a path to membership helped lead to atrocities by Russian forces.

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Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted for Campaign Spending Violations

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted for Campaign Spending Violations

Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegally financing his 2012 presidential bid by exceeding France’s strict electoral rules and sentenced to a year of house arrest. He said he would appeal.

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