(FILES) This file photo taken on April 10, 2012 in Puteaux, outside Paris, shows former French president and former UMP ruling party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy, leaving after a meeting with members of the General Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CGPME). Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial over the allegedly fraudulent financing of his doomed 2012 bid for re-election, a legal source told AFP on February 7, 2017. Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, said he will appeal the judge's decision. / AFP PHOTO / Eric Feferberg