According to some international commentators – and France’s perpetually doomsaying conservatives – the break-in at the Louvre was much more than a burglary; it was the latest chapter in a grand narrative of national collapse. Never mind that it was probably carried out by a couple of chancers with »»»

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will have two police officers stationed in nearby cells while he is in prison to ensure he comes to no harm, France's interior minister said on Wednesday. Sarkozy on Tuesday began a five-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to raise campaign fund»»»

PARIS - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will have two police officers stationed in nearby cells while he is in prison to ensure he comes to no harm, France's interior minister said on Wednesday. Sarkozy on Tuesday began a five-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to raise campa»»»

France's interior minister on Wednesday confirmed former president Nicolas Sarkozy would be protected by two security officers while serving jail time in a criminal conspiracy case involving Libya. The former head of state would usually benefit from "a protection arrangement given his status and th»»»

France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Moamer Kadhafi's Libya for the »»»

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of conspiring to finance his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He is the first ex-French head of state to go to jail since Philippe Pétain in 1945. Sa»»»

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, arriving at La Sante prison in Paris in a stunning downfall for a man who led the country between 2007 and 2012. The former conservative president, 70, left his home for »»»

BloombergPublished: 1:09pm, 14 Oct 2025Nicolas Sarkozy is next week set to become the first former French president in the modern era to go to jail, following his conviction for taking part in a criminal conspiracy to seek covert funding from Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi. AdvertisementHe w»»»

On 25 September, a Paris court found the former French leader guilty of criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his 2007 presidential campaign. ADVERTISEMENT Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been sentenced to five years in prison, will be incarcerated on»»»

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of "criminal conspiracy” Friday and handed a five-year prison term by a Paris court in connection to an attempt to raise campaign funds from Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, 70, conspired with close aides to seek funds from the»»»

Nicolas Sarkozy is back where he used to be – dominating the news and dividing the nation. Thirteen years after he left office, he is about to become the first former French president to be sent to prison. And the circumstances are full of the same sulphurous contention that used once to mark his e»»»

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in connection with attempts to secure campaign funding from Libya, which will make him the country's first ex-president to serve time behind bars. The sentence was harsher than many expect»»»

Aqra bil- Malti Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years of imprisonment after he was found guilty of having been part of a criminal ploy related to fraud of millions of illicit funds with former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court released him»»»

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday by a court over his involvement in a criminal conspiracy over dealing with Libya for his 2007 presidential bid. The sentence was harsher than many expected, and a first in modern French political history. Sarkoz»»»

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courthouse in Paris on Thursday. Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A Paris judge sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison on Thursday on criminal conspiracy charges for accepting campaign funding from former»»»

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Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, no longer has to wear an electronic tag. He was convicted of graft and ordered to wear the tag. Sarkozy served just over three months of his one-year sentence. He was granted early parole. However, he must report any travel abroad. He also needs to comp»»»