"French Court Reduces Nicolas Sarkozy's Prison Sentence for Illegal Campaign Funding"
An appeals court in Paris has upheld the six-month prison sentence, with six months suspended, for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over his 2012 reelection campaign overspending, with the ruling affirming that his team exceeded the spending limit by billing his party instead of the campaign. Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, and other officials received prison sentences and bans from running for office, despite his continued insistence on innocence.