EX-FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY RELEASED FROM PRISON — THREE WEEKS INTO FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE

November 11, 2025 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from jail, three weeks into a five-year prison term for partaking in a criminal conspiracy.

A Paris court ruled on Monday that Sarkozy will be placed under judicial supervision and barred from leaving France ahead of an appeal trial due to be held next year.

After his release, the former president said his “energy is focused solely on the single goal of proving my innocence”.

“The truth will prevail. It is an obvious truth that life teaches. The end of the story remains to be written,” he said in an X post.

Sarkozy faced accusations that Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator, funded his 2007 presidential campaign with euros running into millions.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.