Former French president Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign financing trial – Europe live

<p>Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy, but not other charges, in case surrounding millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi</p><p>Here is a bit more on that from Reuters:</p><p><em>Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, <strong>was accused of making a deal with Gaddafi in 2005</strong>, when he was France’s interior minister, <strong>to obtain campaign financing in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government</strong> on the international stage.</em></p><p>…</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/25/aalborg-airport-denmark-drones-oslo-sarkozy-meloni-news-updates-europe-live">Continue reading...</a>