Nicolas Sarkozy

The riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for President Emmanuel Macron, just as he was looking to press ahead with his second mandate.The violence erupted just after…

Issued on: 17/05/2023 - 07:58 A French court of appeals will on Wednesday give its verdict in one of several corruption and illegal campaign financing cases involving…

Issued on: 11/05/2023 - 18:46 French prosecutors on Thursday demanded that former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been embroiled in legal troubles since leaving…

The United States waded into new territory on Thursday with the indictment of former president Donald Trump, a move that was unprecedented in US history. But other liberal democracies have extensive experience…

Issued on: 05/12/2022 - 16:15 Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sought to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and…

PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will try to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and influence-peddling at an appeal hearing starting on Monday (Dec 5). The initial trial saw Sarkozy…

Issued on: 30/11/2022 - 19:23 Airbus and the French financial prosecution office have agreed to settle an investigation related to bribery in Libya and Kazakhstan more than a…

France is usually governed by a president vested with extraordinary powers. But after Sunday's election, Emmanuel Macron finds himself at the mercy of a newly influential parliament. It isn't meant to be this way: the 1958 constitution…

Issued on: 03/05/2022 - 07:07 France’s traditional conservative party Les Républicains (LR) was humiliated in last month’s presidential elections, squeezed between the…

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron enjoyed no respite on Monday as, hours after he won re-election by defeating far right's Marine Le Pen, political opponents called on voters to deny him a parliamentary majority. If he fails to score…