French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence
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#2So he used money from Libya to get elected and then later he bombed them?
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#3The French understand how to run a society.
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#4The French understand how to run a society.
Politically deadlocked, failing economy, with the judiciary doing political dirty work?
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#5Re: French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence
#6The French understand how to run a society.
Huh, this made me find this wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_gov...
Re: French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence
#7So he used money from Libya to get elected and then later he bombed them?
In short, yes.
Additionally budget for political campaigns are strictly regulated in France. And getting bribes from foreign dictator is, of course, not allowed.
The reason he did not get condemned also for that is that the judge could not proove the usage of the money.
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#8For context, it's not even the first time he's condemned, but this time the crime was sever enough so he couldn't avoid prison.
He delayed the case enough (almost 13 years) so that he's now more than 70 though and I doubt he stays to long in prison because of his age.
But it's nice to see that he couldn't run away from justice forever and is finally in jail.
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#9The French understand how to run a society.
Politically deadlocked, failing economy, with the judiciary doing political dirty work?
Seventh biggest economy with the 21st biggest population seems like an economy that punches above its weight. Plus a low GINI coefficient suggests there's less wealth divide than a lot of other places. Seems like they have a mature economy and don't need to grow forever like a tumor. Once you reach a certain point, optimizing for quality of life seems nice, and the French do seem to aim for that.
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#10So he used money from Libya to get elected and then later he bombed them?
I'll have to read more into this, but it says he just "conspired" to do it, whatever that means.
The solitary confinement part is quite harsh, I've never understood how that is supposed to rehabilitate someone.
In France there's early release, parole, etc. so real time he spends behind bars might be as low as two years.
Edit: The WP article is actually a very interesting read, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_financing_in_the_2007_F...