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Morning opening: What’s next for Nicolas Sarkozy?
Yakup Krupa
The French court is expected to decide today whether the country’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be released from prison until his appeal against his five-year prison sentence continues. Indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy to obtain campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy has been in prison since October 21 His lawyers demanded his immediate release pending trial, with ankle tag or house arrest as other available options.
HE He is expected to appear in court via video call.
AFP noted that the former president was visited by the justice minister last month Gérald DarmaninDespite the warnings of the French chief prosecutor Remy Heitz He said he risked “undermining the independence of magistrates” ahead of the appeal hearing.
Last week, Sarkozy used social media to say: Thank you to people for all the letters of support sent to the prisonadds: “The end of this story has not yet been written.”
The trial is expected to begin shortly and the verdict could come this afternoon. I will follow this story for you.
Separately, we will also cover some recent developments. Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, And Ukrainianamong others.
His Monday, November 10, 2025, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
important events
News started to come that Sarkozy may be released
The hearing is currently ongoing.
Former rival of Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential election Segolene Royal, I told TF1 He wouldn’t be surprised if he was released from prison today. He said that his imprisonment, even for a while, seems to be in line with the current jurisprudence, and that it is possible that he will be released today.
Human rights advocates seem to agree with this purchaseHe said he may no longer meet the conditions for pre-trial detention.
However let’s see what happens.
Sarkozy’s family and allies appear in court
Sarkozy’s wife Carla Bruni She came to the Paris Court of Appeal to support her husband’s effort to be released from prison after just 20 days.
lawyer, Christophe Ingrain, it is also (obviously) there.
Morning opening: What’s next for Nicolas Sarkozy?
Yakup Krupa
The French court is expected to decide today whether the country’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be released from prison until his appeal against his five-year prison sentence continues. Indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy to obtain campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy has been in prison since October 21 His lawyers demanded his immediate release pending trial, with ankle tag or house arrest as other available options.
HE He is expected to appear in court via video call.
AFP noted that the former president was visited by the justice minister last month Gérald DarmaninDespite the warnings of the French chief prosecutor Remy Heitz He said he risked “undermining the independence of magistrates” ahead of the appeal hearing.
Using social media last week, Sarkozy said: Thank you to people for all the letters of support sent to the prisonadds: “The end of this story has not yet been written.”
The trial is expected to begin shortly and the verdict could come this afternoon. I will follow this story for you.
Separately, we will also cover some recent developments. Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, And Ukrainianamong others.
His Monday, November 10, 2025, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
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