France’s top court has rejected former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s final appeal in the Bygmalion case, making a final ruling on his sentencing for illegal financing of his failed 2012 presidential campaign.
In February 2024, the Appeals Court sentenced the former French president to one year in prison, of which six months were suspended, after investigators uncovered a large-scale double-billing system designed to hide the soaring cost of the campaign — nearly €43 million spent, far above the legal limit of €22.5 million.
