Disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become the latest establishment figure to back Emmanuel Macron in his re-election bid. Views: 0
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Establishment En Marche! Disgraced Ex-French President Sarkozy Endorses Emmanuel Macron
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Sarkozy ( President of France 2007 – 2012) opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq (2003 to 2011). ‘Sarkozy was an early and vocal advocate of the Western decision to intervene in Libya.’ In 2021, a French court found Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing. The Court found he spent almost double the allotted £19.5million on his reelection bid. He […]
France’s Sarkozy Sentenced To Year Of House Arrest In Campaign Financing Case
PARIS (AP) — French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted and sentenced to a year of house arrest Thursday for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid. The court will allow him to serve the sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. Sarkozy, France’s president from 2007 to 2012, had vigorously denied […]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced To Prison In Corruption Conviction
TOPICS:CorruptionFranceNicolas SarkozyTyler Durden MARCH 1, 2021 By Tyler Durden A Paris court has found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption – which is only the second time in modern history that a French head of state has gone down on such a charge – for which he’s been issued a sentence of three years in […]
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy Convicted Of Corruption, Sentenced To Jail
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced To Prison In Humiliating Corruption Conviction
Despite the prison sentence it’s expected however that the 66-year old will serve the non-suspended one year portion on probation – with an electronic bracelet and subject to a curfew. Presiding Judge Christine Mée described in the ruling that the “particularly serious” crimes involving France’s leader who was in office 2007-2012 centered on him “using […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy due in court on corruption charges
The trial of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on corruption charges in the so-called “wiretapping affair” is due to start on Monday, November 23. Also accused are his lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and Gilbert Azibert, a former magistrate at the Court of Cassation, France’s highest court of appeal. What is Nicolas Sarkozy accused of? The […]
Was Nicolas Sarkozy’s Role in Taking Out Gaddafi More Personal than Geopolitical?
PARIS – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was arrested Tuesday and indicted last night on charges related to the illegal funding of his successful 2007 campaign for president. The investigation, which began nearly five years ago, has focused on illegal campaign contributions Sarkozy’s campaign received from Muammar Gaddafi, the former leader of Libya, who was brutally […]
Going Underground – BROKEN NEWS: Sarkozy taken in French Police Custody over Libya Funding of his 2007 Campaign
Going Underground – BROKEN NEWS: Sarkozy taken in French Police Custody over Libya Funding of his 2007 Campaign Going Underground with Afshin Rattansiyoutube.com Afshin Rattansi and Lembit Opik review this week’s news from the Cambridge Analytica scandal to British woman killed fighting in Syria. LIKE Going Underground http://fb.me/GoingUndergroundRTFOLLOW Going Underground http://twitter.com/Underground_RTFOLLOW Afshin Rattansi http://twitter.com/AfshinRattansiFOLLOW on […]
Former French President Sarkozy In Police Custody Over Illegal Campaign Funding
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into custody at the judicial police station in Nanterre over illegal campaign financing. He will be questioned over suspected Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign. In April 2012, the investigative website Mediapart published a document it said was signed by a senior Libyan official stating that […]
Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces criminal probe over claims he took bribes to help Qatar land 2022 World Cup
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy faces criminal investigation following allegations that he took back-handers to held Qatar win the 2022 World Cup. The 62-year-old politician’s dealings will be probed by prosecutors in his own country after the massively wealthy Gulf state was effectively accused of paying to host the contest. Mr […]
IRAQI RESISTANCE AND IRAQI ARMY FORCES, NOT AMERICA, LIBERATED FALLUJAH
UNE 17, 2016 MADDCOLDSONOFKUFA by Jonathan Azaziah Fallujah has been liberated! Allahu Akbar! Jummah Mubarak! More love than any heart can handle to all the lion-souled, iron-willed Iraqi Mouqawamah moujahideen and soldiers who secured this victory in the face of an international scheme to keep MossadDaesh present in Al-Anbar Province indefinitely. This is not only […]
Russia and EU to continue dialog despite sanctions
Russia and the EU should continue their dialogue despite sanctions, the European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker has said at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded by saying that Russia is in favor of an equal, mutually beneficial, but not selective dialogue. “We can have no illusions about the problems […]
Scientific Proof Kindness Makes You Smarter, Stronger & Happier
Christina Sarich, StaffWaking Times What if the cure for your cold was opening a door for a complete stranger? Or watering your neighbor’s roses while they are away on vacation when you notice them wilting? How about stopping your headache by putting some spare change in someone’s parking meter when it […]
Montenegro NATO membership at odds with ‘real’ interests of Montenegrins
Montenegro’s NATO accession contradicts the interests of the country’s citizens, a spokesperson for the Socialist People’s Party of Montenegro told Sputnik on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, NATO member states accepted Podgorica’s bid to join the alliance and invited the country to begin accession negotiations. “Obviously it is a political project, not in the real […]
Ozone layer hole now size of Russia & Canada combined, largest known to date
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has reached record-breaking levels, and currently covers an area four times the size of Australia, UN scientists have said. In addition to the global threat to humanity, it poses another, quite real risk to Australia: extra UV radiation and sunburn on the continent where over 45,000 […]
"Liberators" for Empire: A look back at how Sarkozy, Cameron and Erdogan congratulate NATO’s sponsored mercenary-terrorists in Libya 2011
As French President Francois Hollande calls for the “neutralization of Bashar Assad“, British Defence Minister Michael Fallon announces preparations for “Striking ISIL in Syria […] [to] keep our streets safe here at home” and Turkish media proclaims “Aleppo to become the 82nd province of Turkey“; it is worth remembering the September 2011 visits by […]
The Uncredible Dog and Pony Show: Merkel and Sarkozy
Charles Hugh Smith Of Two Minds October 10, 2011 Does anyone take the Merkel-Sarkozy dog and pony show seriously any more? Perception management is not a solution. For the past 18 months, every time reality threatens to intrude in Europe, Merkel and Sarkozy rush onto the global stage for a repeat performance of their […]
Trial of Destruction: Sarkozy sued for Libya crimes
RT Sept 20, 2011 (You may find some of the images in Daniel Bushell’s report disturbing) In Libya, the volatile situation shows no sign of abating – a month after Colonel Gaddafi was ousted. The country’s interim leaders are struggling to form a cohesive cabinet – while their forces are still locked in battle with […]