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L'ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy s'adresse aux journalistes après le verdict de son procès, au tribunal de Paris, en France, le 25 septembre 2025. L'ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy s'adresse aux journalistes après le verdict de son procès, au tribunal de Paris, en France, le 25 septembre 2025. © Stéphanie Lecocq, Reuters

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he was innocent and that he would appeal a court's decision to sentence him to five years in prison. A judge found Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him on other corruption charges in a trial over efforts to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. FRANCE 24's journalists have the analysis.

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