(FILES) French former President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the press as he leaves after a meeting on Russian attack in Ukraine with French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris on February 25, 2022. The appeal trial into excessive spending by Nicolas Sarkozy's lost presidential campaign in 2012 ended on December 7, 2023, in Paris, and the decision was reserved until February 14, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)