Sarkozy

British

/ sɑːˈkɔːzɪ /

noun

Nicolas (niːkɒˌlaː). born 1955, French centre-right politician, president of France from 2007 to 2012

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France's highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign.

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Sarkozy, 70, was handed the one-year sentence in 2024 of which six months were suspended, meaning they could be served by wearing an electronic tag instead of going to jail.

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Last December the High Court of Appeal upheld a corruption conviction and Sarkozy had to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet for six months.

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Until then Sarkozy will be subject to strict judicial supervision and barred from leaving France.

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Days after his release, Sarkozy's team announced the former president was writing a book about his three weeks in jail, titled "A prisoner's diary".

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