France’s Sarkozy gets 1-year jail term for illegal campaign financing
Publicat:Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid, according to Reuters. Sarkozy, 66, is unlikely to go to jail. He is expected to appeal the sentence, a move that will in effect […] The post France’s Sarkozy gets 1-year jail term for illegal campaign financing appeared first on Știri online, ultimele știri, presa online, ziar online - Sursazilei.ro .
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