Parole requested for former president Nicolas Sarkozy as prison sentence starts

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Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyers speak in front of the Paris prison of La Santé after the former French president entered it to start serving his 5-year sentence for campaign finance conspiracy. His legal team has lodged a request for parole, with their mission being to take him out 'as quickly as possible'. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali reports from the scene.