A French court ruled on Monday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve jail time for an illegal funding conviction, ...

A Paris court on Monday rejected an application by former president Nicolas Sarkozy to merge a sentence served with ...

A French court will rule Monday on whether former president Nicolas Sarkozy can avoid serving additional jail time, after his ...

It is easy to treat the case as just a French affair. In reality, the appeal carries wider international stakes and has become a stress test for the rule-of-law ecosystem under pressure across the EU.

Ballots in 35,000 villages, towns and cities will be closely watched for signals about party strategies and alliances ...

His father was briefly jailed last year on corruption charges he denies, and has spent much of his post-presidency life ...

Polling booths have opened across France for municipal elections – widely seen as a barometer of France's political mood ...

Local results can shape national momentum, especially so close to a presidential election, which opinion polls show the far-right National Rally (RN) could potentially win.

A French court ruled on Monday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve jail time for an illegal funding conviction, a source close to the case said, after his lawyer sought to merge sentences ...

September 25, 2025, the Paris court appointed Nicolas Sarkozy five years in prison, of which one year - suspended. This marked the first time in the history of modern France that a former head of ...