France's ex-leader Sarkozy visited Macron last week before prison | International

PARIS, Oct 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - France's ex-leader Nicolas Sarkozy last weekvisited President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace just days before thestart of his prison sentence, a source within government told AFP on Monday. "He was hosted on Friday," the source said, without providing furtherdetails. Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding forhis 2007 presidential run, becoming the first former head of a European Unioncountry to serve time behind bars. Sarkozy, France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, was convicted in lateSeptember of criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator MoamerKadhafi to fund his electoral campaign. Sarkozy has faced a flurry of legal woes since losing re-election in 2012. But Sarkozy...