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Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris courthouse to hear the verdict of the appeal trial in the 'Bygmalion' case. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to a year in prison for illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves Paris courtroom at the end of his appeal trial in the Bygmalion case. The public prosecutor has requested a one-year suspended prison sentence against the conservative politician, who was sentenced at first instance to one year in prison. The ruling has been set for 14 February. IMAGES
After two years without a political party, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro joins the Liberal Party ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, that will take place next year. IMAGES
For the first time since the opening of the Bygmalion trial, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is present at the hearing. Questioned about excessive spending before the 2012 presidential election, he defended himself from having led a lavish campaign. IMAGES
France's Les Republicains party hold a strategic committee meeting at the party headquarters in Paris, after a surprise agreement in the southern PACA region between the outgoing LR party member Renaud Muselier and Macron's La République en Marche party. IMAGES
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