# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQEkMUWCKJt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36044862-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-21T12:30:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at La Santé Prison in Paris to begin serving a five-year sentence.⁣
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Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was convicted of conspiring to illegally raise campaign funds from Libya. He was seen waving to supporters from the window of a black car as his convoy departed for the prison.⁣
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He is the first former French leader to be jailed since Marshal Philippe Pétain, the head of France’s collaborationist government during World War II.⁣
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Outside Sarkozy’s home, dozens of supporters gathered, singing the national anthem and denouncing the sentence as unjust. The 70-year-old former president has denied any wrongdoing, describing the case as politically motivated, and has filed an appeal.⁣
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#France #Paris #Sarkozy #NicolasSarkozy #Politics

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## Tags

paris, politics, sarkozy, france, nicolassarkozy

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