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Macron Condemns Threats Against Judges After Sarkozy Verdict

The Élysée vows prosecutions over threats linked to the presiding judge following the Sarkozy ruling.

Nicolas Sarkozy était également présent ce samedi 27 septembre pour assister au match du Paris Saint-Germain contre l'AJ Auxerre.
L’ex-président de la République Nicolas Sarkozy au tribunal correctionnel de Paris, qui l’a condamné à cinq ans de prison, le 25 septembre 2025.
Frédérique Bredin (PS) et Michel Barnier (LR), candidats pour la 2e circonscription de Paris
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Overview

  • A Paris court on September 25 convicted Nicolas Sarkozy of association de malfaiteurs in the alleged 2007 Libyan financing case and sentenced him to five years in prison with exécution provisoire and a delayed detention order.
  • The Paris prosecutor’s office opened two investigations into threatening messages targeting the magistrate who pronounced the sentence.
  • In a Sunday statement, Emmanuel Macron called the attacks “inadmissible” and asked the justice and interior ministers to identify and prosecute the perpetrators swiftly, stressing judicial independence and due process.
  • Sarkozy rejected the ruling in a Journal du Dimanche interview, denouncing a violation of the rule of law and pledging to continue challenging the case.
  • Political and institutional reactions deepened the debate over provisional enforcement, with François Bayrou warning it can hollow out appeals and the PNF’s Jean‑François Bohnert defending an independent, extensively reasoned judgment.