French ex-president Sarkozy to learn start date of jail term | International

PARIS, Oct 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to learn Monday when and where he will serve out his prison term after a court sentenced him last month to five years behind bars for criminal conspiracy. Sarkozy, France's leader from 2007 to 2012, was convicted in late September over a scheme for late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his 2007 presidential run. He has denied the charges and appealed that conviction, though under French law his sentence will be implemented even as his appeal plays out. The 70-year-old will be the first French postwar leader and the first former head of a European Union country to serve jail time. Sarkozy will be incarcerated "relatively soon",...