Libya funding Since 2013, investigating magistrates have been examining allegations that the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's regime helped finance Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Bygmalion affair Sarkozy faces trial in March and April over the illegal funding of his failed 2012 re-election bid, which featured huge US-style stadium rallies. The judge Christine Mée, the president of the tribunal, said there was serious evidence of a “corruption pact” between Sarkozy, Herzog and Azibert. Sarkozy supporters have accused French judges of making the former president the target of an unfair and relentless legal crusade. After the verdict, Damien Abad, the president of LR’s parliamentary group, tweeted: “Today I want to again express my friendship with President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2021 13:17 UTC