Sarkozy was the first Western leader to take a public stance to support the rebellion. On February 25, 2011, he said the violence by pro-Gaddafi forces was unacceptable and should not go unpunished.

PARIS -- The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France's back-channel talks with ...

PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year jail sentence and a 300,000-euro fine for French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of ...

French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year prison sentence and a 300,000-euro (around $325,000) fine for former President Nicolas Sarkozy, in connection with allegations that his 2007 ...

After ten weeks of trial, French financial prosecutors are set to present their case against former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his co-defendants, including three ex-ministers, starting Tuesday ...

Paris (AFP) – A French court will rule on September 25 in the trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges he accepted illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi ...

French prosecutors requested on Thursday a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with ...