Former President Nicolas Sarkozy told a French court on Monday that he had never engaged in corruption and that he was the ...

Around 30 lawyers have filed a complaint against the French justice minister accusing him of “implicitly” supporting former ...

The country’s fiercely independent court system has delivered rulings against both a former president and a far-right leader ...

Nicolas Sarkozy is to become the first former head of an EU country to serve time behind bars - Copyright AFP/File Philippe LOPEZ Nicolas Sarkozy is to become the ...

A Paris court sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison and — in a major surprise — said he’ll be incarcerated even if he appeals, after finding him guilty Thursday in his ...

France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, becoming the first former head of an EU country to serve time ...

PARIS (AP) — Once the most powerful person in France, Nicolas Sarkozy is now behind bars. Being locked up in Paris' La Santé prison for criminal conspiracy is the latest twist in the uncommon life of ...

Their relationship later became the focus of police investigations in France and the trial this year over the financing of Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. First as a minister and later as president, Sarkozy ...

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds ...

Nicolas Sarkozy was applauded as he headed to jail to begin his five-year sentence after being found guilty of seeking to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. The former French ...