Since leaving office Mr Sarkozy has been dogged with legal battles Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, is going on trial for illegally funding his 2012 re-election campaign. Mr Sarkozy ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, a centre-right leader ... to the wiretapped calls - was also unprecedented for an ex-president in France. Mr Sarkozy sought the presidency again in 2016, but the Republicans ...

In March, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former president of France to receive a custodial sentence Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally ...

Mr Sarkozy clinched big trade deals for France with Libya's Gaddafi in 2007 when he was president Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation over ...

Mr Sarkozy clinched big trade deals for France with Libya's Gaddafi in 2007 when he was president Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says allegations he received campaign funding from late ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison ... Sarkozy is a stunning fall from grace for the man who led France from 2007 to 2012 and retains influence among conservatives.

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France from 2007 to 2012, was already convicted in two other legal cases. He has vigorously ...

He was nicknamed the "bling-bling" president for what many in France saw as his lavish tastes - but now Nicolas Sarkozy faces the stark reality of a soulless courtroom. He has gone on trial ...

Nicolas Sarkozy served one five-year term as president, until 2012. He adopted tough anti-immigration policies and sought to reform France's economy during a presidency overshadowed by the global ...

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost a final bid to halt ... about a criminal inquiry into his political party. France's highest court rejected Mr Sarkozy's appeal, ruling that ...

Mr Sarkozy (left) clinched big trade deals for France with Libya's Gaddafi in 2007 when he was president Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning ...

TASS/. Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, who led the republic between 2007 and 2012, considers Russian leader Vladimir Putin a man, dedicated to his word, Sarkozy wrote in his memoirs ...