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Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday on charges he accepted some 50 million euros in illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. No stranger to the French courts, Sarkozy who has been twice convicted for separate crimes since leaving office, has described the allegations as part of a conspiracy against him.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has ordered local officials in the overseas territory of Mayotte to deport illegal migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s fragile coalition government faces near-certain defeat on Wednesday in no-confidence motions brought by the hard left and the far right […]
French authorities have stepped up security in Paris ahead of France’s football match against Israel on Thursday, hoping to avoid a repeat of violent clashes […]