fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoSarkozy's spectacular downfall marks turning point in France's struggle against graft
When a Paris court handed Nicolas Sarkozy a five-year prison sentence on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi it was a historic moment for modern France. The rightwing Sarkozy, who served as president between 2007 and 2012, was known in office not just for his hard line on immigration and national identity but for championing harsher sentencing for delinquents.
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