Nicolas Sarkozy enters prison to begin five-year sentence over criminal conspiracy

21/10/2025 09:05 The Guardian

Former president organised stage-managed departure from his Paris home before becaming first French postwar leader to be jailedEurope live – latest updatesThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has entered a prison in Paris, after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.France’s rightwing president between 2007 and 2012 is the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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