PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book about his recent time behind bars, titled “Diary of a Prisoner,” on Dec. 10, his publisher…
Read more Ex-French President Sarkozy to publish prison memoir as appeal loomsPARIS—French courts have delivered one shock ruling after another this year, testing the balance of power between the country’s fiercely independent judiciary and its political leadership. In March,…
Read more With Sarkozy in Prison, France Asks: Has the Judiciary Gone Too Far?PARIS—Former President Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year prison sentence on Tuesday, marking an unprecedented downfall for a French ex-head of state who rose to power as a political…
Read more Sarkozy’s Five-Year Prison Term Starts With Fingerprints and a Mug ShotNicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from…
Read more French ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail for campaign finance conspiracyParis — France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first previous head of a European Union state to be jailed on Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a…
Read more Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president, imprisoned in Paris after conviction on campaign finance conspiracyNicolas Sarkozy will be the first French President to go to prison. The 70-year-old politician has been found guilty by the Paris Criminal Court of criminal conspiracy in…
Read more Nicolas Sarkozy Is Sentenced: “I’ll Sleep in Prison, But With My Head Held High”Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan…
Read more Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya casePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. ABOARD THE FRENCH HELICOPTER CARRIER TONNERRE — John Denver’s “Country Roads,” a folk song from 1971, resounds through…
Read more The EU prepares for war — and this French ship is the tip of the spearPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Deep in the Wyoming wilderness last month, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, stood before…
Read more WTF is Christine Lagarde up to?Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron missed the boat on Ukraine. Faced with Russia’s military build-up and…
Read more Macron’s slow but bold U-turn on UkrainePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Liberté. Egalité. But mostly: sécurité. It all started with Napoléon Bonaparte. Over two centuries, France…
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