Overview
- A Paris court found him guilty of belonging to a criminal association over alleged Libyan funding negotiated before the 2007 campaign.
- Judges attached immediate enforcement to the sentence, requiring incarceration even as he appeals the verdict.
- He is expected to be held alone in a protected unit with a 9–12 square meter cell equipped with a shower, optional fridge rental and a television.
- Because of his age, he can request detention outside prison such as electronic monitoring, and authorities typically rule on such applications within about two months.
- His incarceration makes him the first post-war French president and the first former president of an EU country to serve time in prison.