The former President of the Republic was tried again on Wednesday for his role in the Bygmalion affair over excessive spending during his lost 2012 presidential campaign.
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The Paris Court of Appeal on Wednesday February 14 sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy to one year in prison, including six months suspended, for his role in the Bygmalion affair concerning excessive spending during his lost 2012 presidential campaign. The court ordered a sentence modification, the decision is now in the hands of the sentence enforcement judge who must rule within 30 days.
In September 2021, the Paris criminal court found the former head of state (2007-2012) guilty of having largely exceeded the legal spending limit and sentenced him to one year in prison for illegal financing of campaign. The court, however, requested that this sentence be directly modified, at home under electronic surveillance. Nicolas Sarkozy and nine other people appealed and were retried from November 8 to December 7.
