(FILES) France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the judicial court for questioning during the appeal trial in the so-called Bygmalion case, which saw him sentenced to one year in prison, in Paris on November 24, 2023. 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 Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)