Figaro s 200Th Anniversary Evening

Figaro s 200Th Anniversary Evening

Brice Hortefeux attends Figaro's 200Th Anniversary Evening at Grand Palais on January 13, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

Figaro s 200Th Anniversary Evening

Figaro s 200Th Anniversary Evening

Brice Hortefeux attends Figaro's 200Th Anniversary Evening at Grand Palais on January 13, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Council Minister at the Elysee Palace, in Paris

Council Minister at the Elysee Palace, in Paris

French Minister Delegate for Regional Development Brice Hortefeux and French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the Elysee Palace after the Minister Council, in Paris, France, on September 13, 2005. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Question time at the National Assembly in Paris

Question time at the National Assembly in Paris

UMP spokesman Brice Hortefeux and Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy attend Question Time at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 17, 2006. Photo by Mehdi Taamallah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy on visit in Paris suburb

Nicolas Sarkozy on visit in Paris suburb

French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks flanked by Minister of state for Justice Michele Alliot-Marie and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, in Paris suburb, France on November 24, 2009. Photo by Ludovic/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy on visit in Yonne

Nicolas Sarkozy on visit in Yonne

French President Nicolas Sarkozy flanked by French Minister for the Interior, Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration Brice Hortefeux meets gendarmes during his visit to the Gendarmerie in Vezelay central France, on September 30, 2010. Photo by Jacques Witt/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exclusive. Nicolas Sarkozy attends French-German friendship meeting in Berlin

Exclusive. Nicolas Sarkozy attends French-German friendship meeting in Berlin

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Labour Minister Brice Hortefeux attend an European elections rally of the Junge Union (Young Union, the youth organization of the German Christian Democrats) at Sony Center in Berlin Germany on May 10, 2009. The Junge Union was holding the rally as part of a German-French friendship meeting. European Union member states will hold elections for the European parliament in June. Photo by Elodie Gregoire/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Sarkozy Honors Dead French Police Officers - Neuilly-sur-Seine

President Sarkozy Honors Dead French Police Officers - Neuilly-sur-Seine

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux attend a ceremony to honour French police officers who died serving their country in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris suburb, France on May 7, 2010. Photo by Ludovic/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris

Verdict Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris

Brice Hortefeux arriving at verdict trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for Sarkozy successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, France on September 25, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Verdict Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris

Verdict Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris

Brice Hortefeux arriving at verdict trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for Sarkozy successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, France on September 25, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Brice Hortefeux at the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025, at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Olivier Marleix Funeral - Anet

Laurent Wauquiez and Brice Hortefeux during the funeral ceremony of Olivier Marleix at Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church in Anet, France on July 11, 2025. French MP Olivier Marleix died on July 7, 2025 at the age of 54. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

Brice Hortefeux during the national council of the right-wing party Les Républicains (LR), at the Maison de la Mutualite in Paris, France on June 28, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

Brice Hortefeux during the national council of the right-wing party Les Républicains (LR), at the Maison de la Mutualite in Paris, France on June 28, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

Brice Hortefeux and Laurent Wauquiez during the national council of the right-wing party Les Républicains (LR), at the Maison de la Mutualite in Paris, France on June 28, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

National Council of Republicans (LR) - Paris AJ

Brice Hortefeux during the national council of the right-wing party Les Républicains (LR), at the Maison de la Mutualite in Paris, France on June 28, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Michel Gaudin, Brice Hortefeux on the last day of the trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Brice Hortefeux on the last day of the trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Michel Gaudin, Brice Hortefeux on the last day of the trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Brice Hortefeux takes a break during the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Brice Hortefeux takes a break during the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Brice Hortefeux takes a break during the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Trial for illegal campaign financing from Lybia - Paris RL

Former minister Brice Hortefeux arrives for the last day of Sarkozy and others trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on April 8, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012 and who denies the charges, was already convicted and jailed for one year in a separate influence-peddling case, a sentence he is currently serving with an electronic tag rather than in prison.Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister at the Paris criminal court on February 12, 2025. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, now under electronic bracelet surveillance at the hearing of his trial over illegal campaign financing in a suspected pact with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Twelve defendants are on trial, including former close aides, accused of setting up a pact with Gaddafi to illegally finance Sarkozy s victorious 2007 campaign. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister at the Paris criminal court on February 12, 2025. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, now under electronic bracelet surveillance at the hearing of his trial over illegal campaign financing in a suspected pact with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Twelve defendants are on trial, including former close aides, accused of setting up a pact with Gaddafi to illegally finance Sarkozy s victorious 2007 campaign. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister at the Paris criminal court on February 12, 2025. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, now under electronic bracelet surveillance at the hearing of his trial over illegal campaign financing in a suspected pact with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Twelve defendants are on trial, including former close aides, accused of setting up a pact with Gaddafi to illegally finance Sarkozy s victorious 2007 campaign. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris AJ

Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris AJ

Defendant and former Interior minister, Brice Hortefeux arrives for his trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya before his 2007 election, at the Paris courthouse in Paris, France on February 10, 2025. Twelve suspects are standing trial, including former close aides, accused of devising a pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to illegally fund Sarkozy's victorious 2007 election bid. They deny the charges. If convicted, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison under the charges of concealing embezzlement of public funds and illegal campaign financing. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris AJ

Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris AJ

Defendant and former Interior minister, Brice Hortefeux arrives for his trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya before his 2007 election, at the Paris courthouse in Paris, France on February 10, 2025. Twelve suspects are standing trial, including former close aides, accused of devising a pact with late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to illegally fund Sarkozy's victorious 2007 election bid. They deny the charges. If convicted, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison under the charges of concealing embezzlement of public funds and illegal campaign financing. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister of French president Nicolas Sarkozy during his trial with twelve other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the courthouse in Paris, France on January 27, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicolas Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy Trial - Paris

Brice Hortefeux, defendant and former Interior minister of French president Nicolas Sarkozy during his trial with twelve other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the courthouse in Paris, France on January 27, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM