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France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal

France's highest appeals court on Wednesday confirmed a verdict against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former head of state. Sarkozy, who had earlier been found guilty of illegal attempts to secure favors from a judge, will "evidently" respect the terms of the …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction

Al Jazeera

Sarkozy’s lawyer says the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling. Sarkozy’s lawyer Patrick Spinosi said that the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. “The …

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8 months ago

One French company’s lonely struggle to survive fierce competition from China

Live Mint

PARIS—French solar-panel company Photowatt once powered Europe’s ambition to become a renewables manufacturing giant, one that would provide the technology to help achieve the continent’s far-reaching climate goals. Yellen said the Biden administration was determined to prevent a repeat of the wave of China imports 15 years ago that drove U.S. solar panel producers and other manufacturers out of business.“It …

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1 year, 2 months ago

French judges file charges against ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy in a case linked to Libya

Associated Press

PARIS — French investigative judges filed preliminary charges on Friday against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for his alleged involvement in an attempt to mislead magistrates in order to clear him in a case regarding the suspected illegal financing from Libya of his 2007 presidential campaign. The preliminary charges accuse Sarkozy of “benefitting from corruptly influencing a witness” and “participating in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Memorable world leader hot-mic gaffes from ‘bigoted woman’ to ‘purring Queen’

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ex-French leader Sarkozy faces 2025 trial over alleged Libya corruption

Al Jazeera

The former president will be tried over allegations he took money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2007. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried in 2025 over allegations he took money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund one of his election campaigns, prosecutors say. The trial, which prosecutors announced on Friday, is to hear evidence …

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1 year, 7 months ago

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy loses appeal against three-year sentence over graft

Firstpost

A Paris court of appeals on Wednesday upheld former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s three-year prison sentence, denying his appeal against a 2021 corruption and influence peddling conviction. According to Al Jazeera report, while the court upheld the sentence, it ruled that Sarkozy’s two years would be suspended and he would be required to wear an electronic bracelet instead of going …

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1 year, 7 months ago

French Court Upholds 3-Year Sentence Of Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy In Corruption Case

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A French court of appeals on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, reported AFP. The 68-year-old leader was also banned from public office for three years for seeking to obtain information about a legal investigation from a judge via a secret telephone line that was …

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1 year, 7 months ago

French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

Associated Press

PARIS — French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Investigators examined claims that Gadhafi’s government secretly gave Sarkozy 50 million euros for his winning 2007 French campaign. The sum would be …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: France's 30-year battle to reform is pension system

Firstpost

Here’s a look back at the 30-year battle waged by various French governments to keep one of Europe’s most generous pension systems afloat in the face of an ageing population Paris: President Emmanuel Macron plans to defy threats of mass protests in launching yet another bid to reform France’s debt-ridden pension system by forcing the French to work longer. AFP …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Sepp Blatter Says Awarding FIFA World Cup to Qatar was 'a Mistake'

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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a “mistake". Blatter says he voted for the United States to host the 2022 tournament and blames then-UEFA president Michel Platini for swinging the vote in Qatar’s favour at the behest of then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy had recommended to Platini “that …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Sepp Blatter says awarding Qatar the FIFA World Cup was 'a mistake'

Firstpost

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he wanted USA to host World Cup in 2022 but Michel Platini swinged the voting in Qatar’s favour. Geneva: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a “mistake”. “It was based on a decision when I was president, and therefore I bear part …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

The Hindu

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. “It’s a country that’s too small,” Mr. Blatter said of Qatar, the smallest host by size since the 1954 tournament in Switzerland. Qatar’s …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Sepp Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

The Hindu

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. “It’s a country that’s too small,” Blatter said of Qatar, the smallest host by size since the 1954 tournament in Switzerland. It became part …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Moving beyond GDP is key to tackling the economic crises we face

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2 years, 8 months ago

'His commitment to Europe is clear': Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy backs Macron in polls

Firstpost

The statement came just days after the candidate from Sarkozy’s own conservative Republican party – whom he had refused to support publicly – was eliminated in the first round of the election Paris: France’s right-wing former president Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he would vote for centrist Emmanuel Macron in the run-off presidential election against far-right leader Marine Le Pen. …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Former French First Lady Carla Bruni, 54, hails husband Nicolas Sarkozy 'gentle, kind and sexy'

Daily Mail

Carla Bruni has hailed her husband Nicolas Sarkozy 'gentle, kind and sexy' as she opened up about their 14-year marriage. The former French First Lady, 54, is married to Sarkozy, who served as France's president from 2007 to 2012 and is currently under house arrest in Paris for allegedly knowingly exceeding his spending limits during his 2012 presidential bid. Pictured, …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing

The Independent

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3 years, 2 months ago

Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

Associated Press

PARIS — French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said. Sarkozy’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, was found guilty in 2011 of misuse of public money during his time as Paris mayor and was given a two-year …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Former French leader Sarkozy is convicted in campaign financing case

LA Times

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in November 2019. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing during his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said. The court said that Sarkozy knew his campaign …

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3 years, 2 months ago

France’s Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing

Al Jazeera

Ex-president handed one-year sentence for spending almost twice the legal amount during failed 2012 re-election bid. A Paris court has handed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing of his failed 2012 re-election bid. Sarkozy, France’s president from 2007 to 2012, was accused of having spent almost twice the maximum …

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3 years, 7 months ago

How Britain came to depend on French energy

The Telegraph

Snowballing global financial troubles were not the only item on the agenda when French president Nicolas Sarkozy visited his British opposite Gordon Brown in March 2008. Following a summit at Arsenal's Emirates stadium in north London, the pair laid out plans for France to deepen its involvement in Britain's nuclear power sector, anxious to lean on French expertise and launch …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison in historic corruption trial of former French president

The Independent

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3 years, 9 months ago

France’s Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail

Associated Press

PARIS — A Paris court found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling on Monday and sentenced him to a year in prison. Sarkozy’s co-defendants — his lawyer and longtime friend Thierry Herzog, 65, and now-retired magistrate Gilbert Azibert, 74 — were also found guilty and given the same sentence as the politician. During the investigation, …

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France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal

Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction

One French company’s lonely struggle to survive fierce competition from China

French judges file charges against ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy in a case linked to Libya

Memorable world leader hot-mic gaffes from ‘bigoted woman’ to ‘purring Queen’

Ex-French leader Sarkozy faces 2025 trial over alleged Libya corruption

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy loses appeal against three-year sentence over graft

French Court Upholds 3-Year Sentence Of Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy In Corruption Case

French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

Explained: France's 30-year battle to reform is pension system

Sepp Blatter Says Awarding FIFA World Cup to Qatar was 'a Mistake'

Sepp Blatter says awarding Qatar the FIFA World Cup was 'a mistake'

Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

Sepp Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

Moving beyond GDP is key to tackling the economic crises we face

'His commitment to Europe is clear': Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy backs Macron in polls

Former French First Lady Carla Bruni, 54, hails husband Nicolas Sarkozy 'gentle, kind and sexy'

Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing

Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

Former French leader Sarkozy is convicted in campaign financing case

France’s Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing

How Britain came to depend on French energy

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison in historic corruption trial of former French president

France’s Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail