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He is not indicted in the Elysee polls trial, protected by his presidential immunity. But Nicolas Sarkozy will nevertheless go to the Paris Criminal Court to testify. Nathalie Perez, journalist at France Télévisions, is in duplex from the Paris court.
The president of the court considered that the presence of Nicolas Sarkozy was essential in the case of the polls of the Elysee. “Nicolas Sarkozy was summoned as a simple witness in this affair. It was a request from the Anticor association which presents itself as a civil party during the trial“, explains Nathalie Perez, journalist at France Télévisions.
This extremely rare decision of the Paris court testifies to the scale of the events. Nicolas Sarkozy has been the subject of an arrest warrant since the beginning of the afternoon of Tuesday, October 19. “On November 2, the former head of state will have to testify. If he ever refuses, Nicolas Sarkozy could be taken by force, between two gendarmes“, adds the journalist from the Paris court.