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Sarkozy to Publish Prison Diary on December 10 Following La Santé Detention

The release coincides with his appeal of a five-year conviction over Libya-linked campaign financing.

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Drei Wochen war er in Haft, seit zwei Wochen ist er wieder draußen: Und schon kündigt Frankreichs Ex-Präsident Nicolas Sarkozy das Erscheinen eines Buches über seine Erfahrungen im Gefängnis an.
Er saß nur 20 Tage im berüchtigten „La Santé“-Gefängnis Paris – doch das reicht ihm für ein Buch.

Overview

  • Publisher Fayard announced the 216-page book, titled “Diary of a Prisoner,” will be released on December 10.
  • Sarkozy was sentenced by a Paris criminal court in late September to five years in prison for membership in a criminal association tied to alleged Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign, a verdict he is appealing.
  • He spent about three weeks in Paris’s La Santé prison, including 20 days in an isolated nine-square-metre cell under continuous special security.
  • A Paris appeals court freed him on November 10 under conditions that bar him from contacting Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin and from leaving France.
  • The appeals hearings are scheduled between March 16 and June 3, 2026, and a separate ruling on his 2012 campaign accounts is due on November 26 that could make a one-year sentence, partly under electronic monitoring, final.