International Business Times :
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has appeared in court over his 2012 election finances. His court appearance on 16 February is the latest in an ongoing investigation into his campaign financing, following a round of questioning in April 2015 over his spending during his failed 2012 presidential bid.
It is not known whether the 61-year-old is to be charged during the hearing, AFP reported, which is linked to the accusation that his campaign team exceeded the legally allowed spending limit for an election campaign in
France, spending almost twice as much as Sarkozy’s rivals.
Sarkozy has long denied any knowledge of the supposed false accounting that saw €18.5m (£14.3m, $20.7m) of election spending charged to his party rather than to the election campaign, which had a set limit of €22.5m.
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has appeared in court over his 2012 election finances. His court appearance on 16 February is the latest in an ongoing investigation into his campaign financing, following a round of questioning in April 2015 over his spending during his failed 2012 presidential bid.
It is not known whether the 61-year-old is to be charged during the hearing, AFP reported, which is linked to the accusation that his campaign team exceeded the legally allowed spending limit for an election campaign in
France, spending almost twice as much as Sarkozy’s rivals.
Sarkozy has long denied any knowledge of the supposed false accounting that saw €18.5m (£14.3m, $20.7m) of election spending charged to his party rather than to the election campaign, which had a set limit of €22.5m.
