France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars

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France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars
The first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain
Apart from the wartime collaborationist leader, Marshal Pétain, the last French head of state to be sent to prison after leaving office was Louis XVI in 1792.…

This story appeared on economist.com, 2025-10-20 19:14:11.
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