Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, leave their home as Nicolas Sarkozy heads to prison to serve time for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, in Paris on Oct. 21, 2025. AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya—making him the first former leader of modern France to go to prison.
Sarkozy will serve his sentence in solitary confinement at the notorious La Santé prison, after he was convicted last month.
