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Is Nicholas Sarkozy facing his Waterloo?
Known for his love of the high life, former President Sarkozy is facing criminal charges over allegations of trying to hush up corruption in a previous presidential campaign.
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The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison, with two of them suspended, after he was found guilty of corruption and influence peddling.
Known for his love of the high life, former President Sarkozy is facing criminal charges over allegations of trying to hush up corruption in a previous presidential campaign.
After an overnight court hearing, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under formal investigation over suspicions he tried to stop an investigation into his 2007 election campaign.
Nicolas Sarkozy is quizzed by police over suspicions of “influence-peddling” – the first time that a former French president has been held by police.
French President Francois Hollande’s troubles provide an opportunity for his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, who is reportedly preparing for a comeback with his teams in place.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande clash repeatedly in their only television debate ahead of the election.
It’s their only debate of the campaign: tonight Nicolas Sarkozy and his rival Francois Hollande face off in a televised clash, that is being billed as the ‘Final Confrontation’.
The head of the French National Front urges her supporters to snub Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential elections – as both leaders address rival May Day rallies in Paris.
Francois Hollande beats Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round of the French election while the far-right National Front party takes its largest ever share of the vote.
French voters rallied behind Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in round one of closely fought elections, leaving far right President Nicolas Sarkozy clinging to power.
Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman blogs on the French presidential elections
President Sarkozy’s election manifesto pledges a balanced budget and a freeze on France’s EU contributions. But will it be enough to defeat socialist rival Francois Hollande?
Toulouse is in “lockdown” after a father, his two sons, and a third pupil were shot dead outside a Jewish school. It is the third drive-by shooting in the region in recent days.
As Nicolas Sarkozy formally declares his bid for a second term as French president, political commentator Agnes Poirier tells Channel 4 News his time may be up.
Nicolas Sarkozy launches his bid for a second term on Wednesday night, but polls suggest he’s the most unpopular incumbent president in French history, and is trailing far behind his socialist rival.