Paris [France], March 22 (ANI): Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from police custody, after two days of questioning over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Paris [France], March 21 (ANI): Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday was taken into police custody over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): According to a poll, French far right leader Marine Le Pen has increased her lead in the first round of France's presidential election but would lose the May 7 run-off against either the centre-right's Francois Fillon or centrist Emmanuel Macron.
Paris [France], Nov. 28 (ANI): Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has won the conservative presidential primary, beating rival and also former Prime Minister Alain Juppe.
London [United Kingdom], Nov. 21 (ANI): Nicolas Sarkozy was knocked out of the French presidential race by Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe after he finished third in the primary to pick the centre-right's candidate.