Paris, France, May 6, 2026 (AFP) - France's ex-president Sarkozy escapes second ankle tag sentence

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2026-05-06

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not serve time with an electronic ankle tag as punishment for illegal funding of his 2012 re-election bid, an informed source said Wednesday. Sarkozy, 71, has faced a raft of accusations since leaving office after a single term from 2007 to 2012. He has denied all allegations in all cases. Last year he became modern France's first-ever president to go to jail, serving 20 days in a case related to alleg......

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