Overview

• Sarkozy’s 2024 appeals‑court sentence is one year in prison with six months to serve for illegal financing of his 2012 presidential campaign, with the custodial part ordered under electronic monitoring.
• Execution of that sentence is suspended until the high court issues its decision.
• Investigators found a double‑invoicing setup that shifted major rally costs to the UMP through fictitious conventions, concealing about €42.7–43 million in spending against a €22.5 million legal cap.
• The cassation review addresses law rather than facts and can confirm the conviction or quash it and order a new trial.
• Three co‑defendants—Guillaume Lambert, Éric Cesari and Pierre Chassat—joined the appeal, and media reports cite a source saying the advocate general has recommended rejecting it.