His divisive and extreme approach will leave its mark on the rest of the presidential campaign in the run-up next May’s vote. Sarkozy had already veered to the far-right during his failed re-election bid in 2012, convinced he lost that election because he didn’t go quite far-right enough. Facebook Twitter Pinterest François Hollande succeeded Sarkozy as French president in 2012. The businessman said he personally handed over cases stuffed with Libyan cash to Sarkozy and his chief of staff. Sarkozy denied the charges outright but lost his cool in the last TV debate calling a question over the case “disgraceful”.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2016 00:49 UTC