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THE TRUTH ABOUT: French court rejects sarkozy s bid to merge jail terms in two separate cases - Caught on Camera

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse in Paris 15 January 2025. AP - Michel Euler

A French court ruled that former president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve jail time for an illegal funding conviction, a source close to the case said, after his lawyer sought to merge sentences for two separate convictions.

Monday's decision may require the former president – who served one term from 2007 to 2012 and has faced a series of legal issues since leaving office – to again wear an electronic ankle tag.

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