"Last year, Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy over the alleged scheme to obtain election campaign funds from Gaddafi's regime. He became the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to go behind bars."
"At the trial last year, the state prosecution accused Sarkozy of making a deal, as interior minister in 2005, with Gaddafi to obtain campaign financing for his successful 2007 presidential bid in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government on the international stage."
"The fresh trial on appeal which begins in on Monday will see Sarkozy tried again on all four counts after he appealed against his conviction and the state prosecutor appealed against the acquittals. If convicted, Sarkozy, 71, faces up to 10 years in prison."
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears at the Paris court of appeal to face retrial on charges of conspiring to receive illegal election campaign funding from Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime. Sarkozy was previously sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy, becoming the first former EU head of state to serve time. After 20 days in solitary confinement, he was released pending appeal. The prosecution alleges that as interior minister in 2005, Sarkozy made a deal with Gaddafi to obtain campaign financing for his 2007 presidential bid in exchange for international diplomatic support. The fresh trial examines all four original charges after both Sarkozy and state prosecutors appealed the previous verdict. If convicted, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years imprisonment.
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