The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling.

France’s highest court has upheld an appellate court decision that found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said he will go to the European Court of Human Rights, after his conviction in a corruption case was made definitive by France’s highest court, has been involved in a series of legal proceedings.

France’s highest court upholds lower court ruling that former president Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty in corruption case

The French former president, who will have to wear an electronic tag at home for a year, plans to appeal the ruling at the European Court for Human Rights. View on euronews

PARIS — France's highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country's head of state. Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is expected ...

France’s highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling PARIS -- France’s highest court has ...

France's Court of Cassation has upheld the conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, solidifying a historic ruling against the former head of state.

France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling. The Court of Cassation issued its decision on Wednesday.

FILE - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks on as he attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, as part of the commemorations marking the105th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918 Armistice ...

France's highest court on Wednesday upheld former president Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption conviction, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year. Sarkozy, who denies all wrongdoing ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose conviction in a corruption case was made definitive by France's highest court Wednesday, has been involved in a series of legal ...