- Title: Top French court rejects bid by Sarkozy to avoid trial over 2012 campaign
- Date: 1st October 2019
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 7, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SARKOZY LEAVING VEHICLE, GREETING SUPPORTERS
- Embargoed: 15th October 2019 13:19
- Keywords: Nicolas Sarkozy Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Francois Hollande Jacques Chirac corruption trial presidency 2012 reelection campaign
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003AZ9NXVR
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- Story Text: France's highest appeals court on Tuesday (October 1) rejected a bid by former President Nicolas Sarkozy to avoid facing trial over the alleged illegal financing of his failed re-election campaign in 2012.
The decision by the French "Cour de Cassation" means the case will now return to prosecutors who will decide whether Sarkozy should be tried.
The so-called "Bygmalion" case against Sarkozy centres on accusations that the former president's political party, then known as the UMP, worked with a public relations firm to hide the true cost of his re-election bid. Sarkozy has denied any wrongdoing.
Sarkozy was president from 2007 to 2012, losing office to Socialist Francois Hollande when he ran for re-election.
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