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French court to decide on Sarkozy’s request to merge jail terms

French court to decide on Sarkozy’s request to merge jail terms

Published by Sam Flores

A French court is to rule Monday on whether former president Nicolas Sarkozy can escape serving more jail time, after his lawyer sought to merge two sentences for convictions in separate cases. The one-term president from 2007 to 2012 has faced a series of legal issues since leaving office. Last year, Sarkozy became modern France’s first president to have gone to jail, serving 20 days in a case related to alleged Libyan funding in his 2007 election campaign. Sarkozy has filed an appeal. Read moreEx-president Sarkozy’s 20-day prison diary: ‘Like the Count of Monte Cristo’? The 71-year-old has also received two definitive convictions in other cases. In December 2024, he exhausted his last legal recourse in the so-called “Bismuth” case for trying to extract favours from a judge and served a sentence with an electronic ankle tag that was removed in May last year after several months – allowed due to his age. In November last year, he received his second final conviction in what is known as the “Bygmalion” case over illegal financing of his …

Documents show Epstein’s attempts at connecting with Sarkozy’s circle

Documents show Epstein’s attempts at connecting with Sarkozy’s circle

Published by Sam Flores

Nicolas Princen, advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Munich, Germany, on January 23, 2012. NADINE RUPP/GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP/ LE MONDE “Want to find out about dinner with Nicolas Princen from the Elysée.” On Saturday, October 1, 2011, in an email to Jeffrey Epstein, the British millionaire Ian Osborne tried to confirm the details of their upcoming evening together. “Dinner ok,” Epstein replied. Osborne, who is now a board member at Havas, pressed further: “I just want to figure out if we do dinner out or at yours, and timings.” The American, then visiting Paris, responded, “Come to my house, bring your buddies. We can talk, have dinner and if I’m still awake, go out.” The exchange was part of the millions of documents released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in late January. Speaking to Le Monde, Princen, who was at the time a close adviser to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, recounted what happened next. He recalled “a large, very impersonal reception room where we talked. It was a strictly professional meeting.” Princen, …

Macron’s party endorses Sarkozy’s son in Riviera election, dividing members

Macron’s party endorses Sarkozy’s son in Riviera election, dividing members

Published by Sam Flores

Louis Sarkozy, at a children’s tennis tournament at the Menton Tennis Club, on December 13, 2025. CLAIRE GABY FOR LE MONDE President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party on Tuesday, January 13, endorsed Louis Sarkozy, the 28-year-old son of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, in his mayoral campaign in the French Riviera town of Menton, to the dismay of members who called the news “regrettable,” “incomprehensible,” or, at the very least, “surprising.” Read more Subscribers only Municipal elections: Louis Sarkozy tries to make a splash in French Riviera town The endorsement was not made by the party’s national nomination committee but by a local branch, in accordance with the party’s rules for towns with fewer than 60,000 residents. Local Renaissance activists and officials said that the younger Sarkozy, who was already backed by right-wing Les Républicains and center-right Horizons, was best positioned to block the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) candidate, MP Alexandra Masson, from taking the town hall. The argument was repeated by a source in the entourage of Renaissance leader Gabriel Attal, who did not oppose …