Prosecutors Seek Seven-Year Term for Sarkozy in Libyan Campaign-Funding Case
French prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison term for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in an appeal trial over allegations that he sought Libyan financing to boost his 2007 campaign and help rehabilitate Muammar Gadhafi’s international image. A lower court gave five years on the funding charge but acquitted him on other counts; a verdict is due November 30, and a conviction could lead to an appeal to France’s highest court.
