Paris, March 4, 2025 (AFP) - France's Sarkozy risks losing top honour: general

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2025-03-04

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy is likely to be stripped of France's top award the Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) after his definitive conviction last year on charges of influence-peddling and corruption, the general who leads the order said on Tuesday. Sarkozy, in an unprecedented punishment for a former head of state, is now wearing an electronic ankle tag after France's Court of Cassation in December upheld a verdict for him to serve a o......

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