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Former French president Sarkozy set for trial over 2012 campaign

Sarkozy had appealed to Constitutional Council invoking 'double-jeopardy' because he had already been found guilty over election spending.

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France’s Constitutional Council cleared the way on Friday for former president Nicolas Sarkozy to be tried over alleged illegal financing of his failed re-election campaign in 2012, reports Reuters

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