An increasingly difficult situation for Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been in custody since yesterday at the police station in Nanterre. The former French president has been impeached by a Paris investigating judge for corruption, trading in influences and breach of preliminary investigation secrecy. This was announced by the national prosecutor for financial crimes, which requested and obtained the measure, adopted during the night after 15 hours of detention.
It is the first time in France that a former president of the Republic, protected by immunity as long as he is in office, has been placed in custody by the judiciary.
