Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption, becoming the first former European head of state to be incarcerated.

The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sentenced to five years in prison for allowing his close associates to obtain funds from the Gaddafi regime for his 2007 campaign. Although he has appealed, Sarkozy will be incarcerated based on a provisional arrest warrant. This sets a precedent, as no other former head of state from the EU has been imprisoned since the establishment of the Union.