Jean-Michel Darrois , lawyer of the he former french president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the press in Paris

French lawyer Jean-Michel Darrois, the lawyer of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, is speaking to the press in Paris, France, on September 25, 2025, after the verdict in Sarkozy's trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, France, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is sentencing former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years and is ordering him to go to prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy over accusations that the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. The court is ordering that Sarkozy should be placed in custody at a later date, with prosecutors given one month to inform the former head of state when he should go to prison.