France's top court upholds ex-President Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing

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France's top court upholds ex-President Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing  This decision is another blow to the former president's reputation and legacy, just two weeks after his release from prison pending an appeal in another campaign financing case.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/26/frances-top-court-upholds-ex-president-sarkozys-conviction-for-illegal-campaign-financing  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00France's top court has rejected former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's last appeal in the

00:11Big Malian case, making a final ruling on his sentence for the illegal financing of his failed

00:182012 presidential campaign. But even though a six-month prison sentence has been confirmed,

00:24the former president is unlikely to go back to jail. Instead, it's more likely that he will serve

00:32the sentence under some sort of partial house arrest or with an electronic bracelet, and that

00:38will be up to the judge to decide in the coming weeks. But this ruling adds to Sarkozy's long list

00:45of legal battles. In September, he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for allowing his campaign

00:51managers to seek illegal funding from the late Libyan dictator Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential

00:59campaign. This marked the first time in French modern history that a former head of state actually

01:06went to prison. But after three weeks, he was released and is now preparing to appeal this

01:13case next year. But this is not the first time that the top court has rejected Sarkozy's last appeal.

01:21In a separate case in December last year, the court made his conviction final for trying to bribe

01:27a judge in exchange for information. Subsequently, Sarkozy had to wear an electronic bracelet from February

01:35to May of this year. And for now, his legal battles show no signs of slowing down, keeping the former

01:43president firmly in the spotlight.

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