Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour, the country’s highest distinction, after being convicted of corruption and influence peddling last year.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is looking pretty weak before the election. So he's returning to his old law-and-order pose. Problem is, in his effort to exploit public fears, Sarkozy is courting ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence-peddling at the Paris court of appeals.

The last state visit by a French President, to the United Kingdom before Emmanuel Macron's visit to King Charles. Then ...

Sarkozy himself all but invited much of the criticism, upending the traditional style of the French presidency during a tumultuous first year, when he moved quickly and very publicly from one ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was denied his appeal of a conviction on corruption and influence peddling charges and sentenced to serve time at home.

President-elect's luxury yacht holiday stirs controversy in France. May 11, 2007 — -- In a battle that would have made Napoleon proud, Nicolas Sarkozy defeated Segolene Royal, France's first ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.

Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted in 2021 of trying to bribe a judge, a decision upheld Wednesday. It's unlikely the former president will ever be sent to prison.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya’s late strongman Moammar Gadhafi for his ...

The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling.