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The LocalSarkozy case poses a question - why are French conservatives so crooked?
In all the froth and fury after the court decision to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy to jail, one question has scarcely been asked - writes John Lichfield - why are politicians of the French centre-right so crooked?
Is Nicolas Sarkozy a victim of justice? This weekend, the question monopolized the news channels.
Following his conviction to five years in prison in the Libyan financing case, Nicolas Sarkozy denounces a violation of "all the limits of the rule of law". "It's unacceptable and it should be a...
Since Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction, the criticisms against the justice system have started. "Cup d'État judiciaire", political trial, presidential pardon... Christophe Barbier, LCI's political columnist, analyses the situation. - Sentencing Nicolas Sarkozy: the issues that are annoying (Police, justice and various facts).
TRIBUNE - Farouche opposed the reform of the justice system desired by Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of the formation of judgment who condemned him did not seem best placed to ensure the impartiality of the justice system, stressed the lawyer and the former secretary general of the Constitutional Council.
The former Minister of Justice recalls the presumption of innocence and warns against threats against the judicial institution.
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