The Latest Breaking News from Nicolas Sarkozy

French prosecutors have requested a seven-year jail sentence and a €300,000 fine for French former president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to help his 2007 election campaign.

The allegations can be traced back to 2011, when a Libyan news agency and Gaddafi himself said that the Libyan state had secretly funnelled millions of euros into Sarkozy's 2007 campaign.

A Paris court has found the former head of France's domestic security services, Bernard Squarcini, guilty of influence-peddling and using public resources to benefit LVMH. The trial shed light on efforts by LVMH – the world's biggest luxury group – to protect its reputation.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s recent remarks that there was a feeling France was being "flooded" by foreigners outraged the left, but were welcomed by conservatives and the far right. While research shows there is no migrant "flood", perceptions are another matter. But what story do the figures tell?

This week on The Sound Kitchen we’ll celebrate World Radio Day 2025. You’ll hear the answer to the question about former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his court trials, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus…

Former French president was found guilty of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 after he had left office

The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. In an exclusive interview with RFI, Saif al-Islam Kadhafi describes being approached three times to change testimony he gave to French investigators in 2018…

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is again on trial from this Monday, as he has been charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

If convicted, Nicolas Sarkozy could face up to 10 years in prison for a ‘corruption pact’ with the late Libyan leader.