Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends the inauguration of the Institut Claude Pompidou, a new centre for care and research of Alzheimer disease, in Nice in this March 10, 2014 file photo ...

Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy participates in a roundtable discussion during the National Convention of Spain's PP political party, September 29, 2021, in Madrid, Spain.

Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, ... Nicolas Sarkozy, who served as the President of France from 2007 to 2012, has been sentenced to prison for corruption and influence peddling.

PARIS — France’s highest court has upheld an appellate court decision that had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s ...

Nicolas Sarkozy became the new president of France on May 16, when he took over for Jacques Chirac. Although he is a conservative, Sarkozy offers French citizens the option of radical change.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks on during a ceremony held to award Mayor of Calais as Knight of the Legion of Honour in the city hall in Calais, northern France, on September 22, 2021.

Nicolas Sarkozy arriving at the courthouse in Paris on Monday. He was the first former president of France to physically attend his own trial since 1945.

Nicolas Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted of bribery and influence peddling. He was sentenced to three years in prison, with two of the years suspended.

Le Top Cop was a one of many nicknames that Nicolas Sarkozy revelled in when he became President of France in May 2007.. The diminutive conservative had spent years building up his power base as ...

PARIS — France's highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country's head of ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks on during a ceremony held to award Mayor of Calais as Knight of the Legion of Honour in the city hall in Calais, northern France, on September 22, 2021.