Скачать или смотреть Supporters gather at former president Nicolas Sarkozy's home before he heads to prison

(21 Oct 2025)
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Paris - 21 October 2025
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1. Police and police van near former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s house
2. People gathering near Sarkozy’s house
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Robert (no surname given), former civil servant:
"That is to say, I'm shocked by what's happening here in France. I'm having trouble recognizing my country. It's complicated. I'm not a politician, so I don't know what's happening at the political level, but I feel like they're taking it out on someone who deserves much better than this."
4. Journalists behind metal barriers
5. Journalists conducting interviews
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Michelle Perié, 67, local resident:
"(I’m here) Because there is anger, injustice. We don't understand, we don't understand, a former president, we don't understand. First of all, he's not subject to justice like others. He's someone who holds state secrets. He's someone who has always done his job, stood tall, we don't understand."
7. Path leading to Sarkozy’s home
8. Mid of police
9. Various of people gathered, taking photos
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Veronique Cohn, 75, local resident:
“I think that we talk a lot about the right wing currently and not much about the left wing. So in politics, you have to be fair, right? It's the same for everyone or for no one. I don't only have affinity with Sarkozy, you know, I also have some grievances. But I think he's not the only one."
11. Various of people gathered near Sarkozy’s house
STORYLINE:
People gathered in the high-end Paris neighborhood where former French President Nicolas Sarkozy lives with his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, to witness his departure to prison.

A son of the Sarkozy’s, Louis, called for a rally Tuesday morning in support of his father.

Sarkozy is heading to prison Tuesday to serve time for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, making him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.

Sarkozy contests both the conviction and a judge’s unusual decision to incarcerate him pending appeal.

His journey from the presidential Elysée Palace to the notorious La Santé prison in Paris has captivated France.

Parisian resident Michelle Perié, 67, said she came in support “because there is anger, injustice."

“He’s not like any other defendants, he’s someone who holds state secrets, he’s someone who has always done his job with his head held high. We don’t understand,” she said.

Embattled centrist President Emmanuel Macron hosted the conservative Sarkozy at the presidential palace last week.

‘’I have always been very clear in my public statements about the independence of the judiciary in my role, but it was normal on a human level to receive one of my predecessors in this context,'' Macron said Monday.

Sarkozy's lawyers said the former president will be held in solitary confinement, where he will be kept away from all other prisoners for security reasons.

Under the ruling, the 70-year-old Sarkozy will only be able to file a request for release to the appeals court once he is behind bars, and judges will then have up to two months to process it.



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