A Paris court has convicted French former president Nicolas Sarkozy of corruption and sentenced him to one year in prison.

Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to stand trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling.

Ex-French president Sarkozy to face corruption trial

The former French president is to stand trial over allegations of illegal campaign spending on his failed 2012 re-election bid.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been defeated in the conservative nomination contest for the 2017 presidential election.

Nicolas Sarkozy would give Britain the chance to reverse the Brexit vote if he is elected president of France.

Marine Le Pen has certainly put a rather charming face on a particularly uncharming party - ‘Le Front National’. 

Love him or hate him, there is one thing you cannot take away from Nicolas Sarkózy. He is a formidable campaigner.

Sarkozy presumably thought that watching as ‘Les Rosbifs’ were roasted would boost his image. But best laid plans…

The French President was welcomed to Basque country with chants of "Nicolas kampora" or "Nicolas get out".