Nicolas Sarkozy set for trial over 2012 French election campaign

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is being prosecuted for abusing electoral funds during his 2012 presidential campaign. Picture: ERIC PIERMONT/AFP

But in its decision on Friday, the council ruled that the penalty Sarkozy was ordered to pay in 2013 was for different violations and different amounts than the fraud he and 13 co-defendants are now being investigated for. 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 friendly public relations firm to hide the true cost of his re-election bid.

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