Watch live as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday (6 January) after his 2007 presidential campaign was allegedly financed by late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Sarkozy, 69, and 12 others are now standing trial in Paris for corruption and violating French campaign finance laws. The defendants could face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to € ...

Sarkozy vehemently denied the allegations, labelling the document a “blatant fake” and filing complaints for forgery, concealment, and dissemination of false information. In 2016, French ...

The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at the signing of commercial contracts at the Elysée Palace in Paris, December 10, 2007. PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP ...

PARIS-Nicolas Sarkozy was to be fitted with an electronic tag on Feb 7 after being convicted of graft, a source close to the case said, in a first for a former French president. France’s highest ...