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Former French President Sarkozy stripped of national honor (www.dw.com)

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion d'honneur award, France's highest distinction, after his graft conviction. The former French president was found guilty of illegal attempts to obtain favors from a judge.

Sarkozy is currently appealing the conviction at the European Court of Human Rights while also being tried in a separate case on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Wow...

[–] GenuineGeniusGenie 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blatantly corrupt

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's ... not like the amount of corruption in European countries since then didn't grow.

I don't think any of the whores at the top of EC today will be even convicted of anything, sadly.