The allegations can be traced back to 2011, when a Libyan news agency and Gaddafi himself said that the Libyan state had secretly funnelled millions of euros into Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. View on euro

I have the impression that we started from the premise that Nicolas Sarkozy was guilty and that we had to combine disparate elements,' said the French former president, who faces up to 10 years in prison.