(FILES) This file photo taken on March 28, 2012 shows former French president and former UMP ruling party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy, giving a speech, during a campaign meeting in Elancourt, outside Paris. 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 / MARTIN BUREAU