On September 25th, local time, the Paris court made a judgment on the case that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy illegally accepted the campaign funding provided by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the 2007 presidential election. Sarkozy was found guilty.
Earlier, Paris prosecutors accused Sarkozy of illegally accepting campaign funding provided by Gaddafi, and demanded that he be sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of 300,000 euros.
Sarkozy served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012, and has been involved in many lawsuits in recent years. On February 14, 2024, Sarkozy was convicted of illegally using campaign funds during the 2012 general election and sentenced to one year in prison, of which six months were suspended and the other six months were executed outside prison. On December 18, 2024, the French Supreme Court made a final ruling on Sarkozy's corruption case and sentenced Sarkozy to three years in prison. During this period, he will not serve his sentence in prison and will wear the first year of his sentence. electronic bracelet. (Headquarters reporter Ma Jinjin)