France

Proceedings against Sarkozy because of illegal election campaign financing

Against the former French President Sarkozy is due to illegal election campaign financing, an investigation has been opened. A setback for his ambitions for a return to the Elysée Palace.

The Paris Prosecutor’s office informed that they have a formal investigation because of illegal election campaign financing in the year 2012 against the former conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy initiated. The procedure is a setback for Sarkozy’s ambitions for a return to the Elysée Palace – even if he was officially no candidacy has been announced.

Sarkozy, Chairman of the opposition conservative Republicans, was the whole day long by a magistrates in Paris have been asked.

In the affair, it goes to Sarkozy’s presidential election campaign 2012: The conservative politician, with its expenditure, the permissible upper limit for the election campaign in the amount of 22.5 million euros, exceeded massively. To cover this up, costs were for Wahlkampfveranstaltungen in the amount of 18.5 million euros is apparently against the rules of his party.

In France, the scandal as the Bygmalion affair known. The false invoices was the same Veranstaltungsfirma. Sarkozy denied repeatedly, the operations have to know.

In addition, Sarkozy is in a number of other scandals involved.

qu/mak (afp, rtr, APE)