Carla Bruni’s reaction says it all

Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison and placed under an electronic bracelet for his involvement in the “Bismuth” affair, this Wednesday, December 18. On Instagram, his wife Carla Bruni gave him her support.

New blow for the Sarkozy clan. This Wednesday, December 18, the Court of Cassation confirmed the conviction of the former president, pronounced in 2021, to one year in prison under an electronic bracelet for corruption and influence peddling. Giulia’s father had hoped, for three years, that his appeal would be approved. In a press release published a few minutes after the announcement of this decision, the sixty-year-old repeated his « innocence »pointing a “profound injustice”.

On Instagram, his wife Carla Bruni, who has constantly defended him for twelve years, immediately relayed his speech on her account. Already in 2021, she had shown all her support for her husband on the social network with a strong message: “What insane relentlessness my love… the fight continues, the truth will come to light. » If Nicolas Sarkozy says today “take responsibility”he also announces that he will refer the matter to the European Court of Human Rights. This, with the aim of“obtain the guarantee of rights that French judges have denied him”explained his lawyer Me Patrice Spinosi, to AFP.

Carla Bruni, Nicolas Sarkozy’s first supporter

“My rights as a litigant have been violated both in terms of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and that of the Constitutional Council. The appeal that I am making before the ECHR could unfortunately lead to France being condemned”thus regrets the former president on “corruption pact” with Gilbert Azibert, senior magistrate at the Court of Cassation, so that he can try to influence an appeal filed by Nicolas Sarkozy in the Bettencourt affair.

Carla Bruni’s husband has not finished with justice. On January 6, 2025, the trial into suspicions of Libyan financing in his 2007 presidential campaign will open at the Paris Criminal Court until April 10. This time he will be judged there for “concealment of embezzlement of public funds”, « corruption passive », “illegal election campaign financing” et “criminal association”.