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 appeal court decision which had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling

France’s top court confirms Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction, leaving the former president facing a one-year sentence under electronic monitoring

Paris.- The French Supreme Court has upheld the corruption and influence-peddling conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, making the sentence final. Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012,

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

France's highest court has upheld a lower court ruling that former president Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty in corruption case.

Sarkozy had appealed against the 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling, in which he had been handed a three-year prison sentence. Two of the years were suspended and Sarkozy would wear an electronic monitoring bracelet instead of going to prison for the last year.

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 in

France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, brushing aside his appeal. Wednesday's ruling by the Cour de Cassation means that Sarkozy - who was in power from 2007 to 2012 - must now wear an electronic monitoring bracelet for a year.