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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Wednesday accused of financing his failed 2012 re-election campaign illegally, less than three weeks after being convicted of corruption and influence-peddling. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin tells us more.
A French court on Thursday handed former president Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year sentence for illegal financing of his 2012 re-election bid, dealing a fresh blow to the right-winger six months after a conviction for corruption. FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman gives his analysis.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday (September 30) after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.
Sarkozy, 66, who denied any wrongdoing, was not in court to face the ruling. His lawyer has confirmed that he will appeal.
Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and former deputy director of the 2012 presidential campaign, Jérôme Lavrilleux, arrive at the Paris correctional court for the opening of the 'Bygmalion' trial, in which the former French President faces accusations of "illegal financing of an election campaign." If convicted, Sarkozy is liable to one year's imprisonment and a 3,750 euro fine. IMAGES
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election campaign, just weeks after the rightwing heavyweight was convicted in a landmark corruption trial. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.
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