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Cannot help comparing with another case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/christine-lagarde-avoids-sentence-despite-guilty-verdict-in-negligence-tr

• belter 1y ago
  Lets continue the comparisons, instead of attacking the credibility of French courts, who have a fantastic reputation of making politicians of all sides of the political spectrum accountable... "Nicolas Sarkozy's trial: Prosecutors request 7-year prison sentence for the former president" - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/03/27/nicolas-sarkozy-s-trial-prosecutors-request-7-year-prison-sentence-for-the-former-president_6739578_7.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/03/27/nicolas-... "Former French Prime Minister François Fillon sentenced to five years" - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/europe/france-franois-fillon-jail-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/europe/france-franois-fil... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_politicians_convicted_of_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_politicians_co...
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  • thiht 1y ago
    Another one with Cahuzac: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Cahuzac#:~:text=En%20mai%202018%20%2C%20Cahuzac%20est,en%20Corse%2Ddu%2DSud. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Cahuzac#:~:text=En%20m... Don't remember the right whining about how ineligibility is undemocratic with this one (Cahuzac is left leaning)