The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nicolas-sarkozy/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:24:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Nicolas Sarkozy | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nicolas-sarkozy/ 32 32 French court frees former president Nicolas Sarkozy from jail, pending appeal https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-frees-former-president-nicolas-sarkozy-from-jail-pending-appeal/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:40:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685299 Ex-leader set to go free 20 days after beginning 5-year sentence over a scheme to secure campaign funds from Gaddafi's Libya, with appeal meaning he's again presumed innocent

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]]> Ex-French president Sarkozy starts 5-year prison sentence over funds from Gaddafi scandal https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-french-president-sarkozy-starts-5-year-prison-sentence-over-funds-from-gaddafi-scandal/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:08:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3670215 Sarkozy to be held in isolation, will get 3 visits a week, prison officials say; supporters gather outside former leader's home, as he maintains his innocence in affair

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]]> French ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years for seeking funds from Gaddafi https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-ex-president-sarkozy-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-seeking-funds-from-gaddafi/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:06:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3650428 France's former head of state convicted of criminal conspiracy for attempting to raise campaign money from Libyan strongman, with sentence to take effect immediately

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]]> French court upholds Sarkozy’s graft sentence in wiretapping case https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-upholds-sarkozys-graft-sentence-in-wiretapping-case/ Wed, 17 May 2023 16:19:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3017424 Former president plans on appealing the ruling that found him guilty of founding a 'corruption pact' with his lawyer and a judge

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]]> Ex-French president Sarkozy sentenced to a year in campaign financing case https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-french-president-sarkozy-sentenced-to-a-year-in-campaign-financing-case/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:58:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2624152 But court allows former head of state, 66, to serve out his time under house arrest; sentence can be appealed; charges relate to his unsuccessful 2012 reelection attempt

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]]> French prosecutors seek six months in jail for Sarkozy https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-prosecutors-seek-six-months-in-jail-for-sarkozy/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 20:58:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2566907 Former president accused of taking cavalier attitude toward trial over alleged campaign finance violations, dating back to failed 2012 re-election bid

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]]> Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, jailed for a year https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-french-president-sarkozy-convicted-of-corruption-jailed-for-a-year/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:03:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2497751 66-year-old politician found guilty of illegally obtaining information from magistrate; faces another trial for illegal financing of 2012 campaign

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]]> Paris alleys dedicated to children killed in Toulouse Jewish school attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/paris-alleys-dedicated-to-children-killed-in-toulouse-jewish-school-attack/ Tue, 21 May 2019 19:45:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2080600 'The families wanted these plaques to be in a square, a place alive with laughter and swings,' Paris mayor says at dedication; Toulouse to debate its own tribute

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]]> ‘That’s enough’: Thousands rally in France to oppose recent anti-Semitic acts https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-rally-in-france-to-oppose-recent-anti-semitic-acts/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 03:09:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2022047 'Every time a French person, because he or she is Jewish, is insulted, threatened — or worse, injured or killed — the whole Republic' is attacked, says Macron at Shoah memorial

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]]> Erdogan blasts French call to remove anti-Semitic pages from Quran https://www.timesofisrael.com/erdogan-blasts-french-call-to-remove-anti-semitic-pages-from-quran/ Tue, 08 May 2018 15:50:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1846027 Turkish president says politicians, community leaders who published manifesto 'no different' from IS terror group

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]]> ‘A quiet ethnic purging’: 300 French personalities protest ‘new anti-Semitism’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/300-french-personalities-sign-manifesto-against-new-anti-semitism/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:03:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1834655 Public manifesto, co-signed by politicians and celebrities, decries 'Islamist radicalization'

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]]> France’s ex-president Sarkozy to stand trial for corruption https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-ex-president-sarkozy-to-stand-trial-for-corruption/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:50:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1820480 Former conservative leader accused of taking millions in illegal campaign financing from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

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]]> Scandal-hit Sarkozy vows to clear name, but says ‘finished’ in politics https://www.timesofisrael.com/scandal-hit-sarkozy-vows-to-clear-name-but-says-finished-in-politics/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:41:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1816038 Former French president accused of accepting up to €50 million funding for election campaign from Libya's Gaddafi

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]]> Ex-French president Sarkozy arrested in Libya funding probe https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-french-president-sarkozy-arrested-in-libya-funding-probe/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:28:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1813752 Investigators believe Muammar Gaddafi illegally paid millions of dollars to help Sarkozy in his 2007 election campaign

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]]> French center-right lawmaker in hospital after suspected assault https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-center-right-lawmaker-in-hospital-after-suspected-assault/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:48:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1641165 Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, whose ancestors were Jewish but who was raised Catholic, knocked unconscious while handing out flyers

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