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Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving illegal funding from Gaddafi

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Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving illegal funding from Gaddafi



Former French president alleged to have received millions of euros from Libyan dictator’s regime to fund campaignThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on Monday over the biggest political financing scandal in modern French history, in which he is alleged to have received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.The historic trial of the rightwing former French president and 12 other people – including three former government ministers – for criminal conspiracy to receive funds from a foreign dictator on a massive scale threatens to worsen voters’ already low trust in the French political class. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/06/nicolas-sarkozy-goes-on-trial-accused-of-receiving-funding-from-gaddafi

Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Publish date : 2025-01-06 05:00:39

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