Topic: Nicolas Sarkozy

Despite a poor campaign, centrist French President Macron has emerged in first place, with 27.8% of the vote -- 3 points up on 2017 and better than final opinion polls predicted.

Valerie Pecresse will be the first female presidential candidate representing Les Republicains in France's April presidential election.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison on Thursday for violating campaign finance laws during his failed bid for re-election nearly a decade ago.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted on corruption charges Monday and sentenced to more than a year in prison, becoming just the second former French leader to be found guilty of a crime.

Judges in France decided Monday to delay a decision to postpone the corruption trial of former President Nicolas Sarkozy and two defendants after one said he could not participate because of the coronavirus.

Mary-Kate Olsen requested to file an emergency divorce petition following her split from Oliver Sarkozy.

French President Emanuel Macron led a series of events in Europe Friday that commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, with a small ceremony in Paris.

The original epicenter of the coronavirus, mainland China, is "basically blocked," according to an official as the outbreak continues to increase worldwide with more than 30,000 deaths.

World leaders joined the French in mourning former President Jacques Chirac on Monday as he was buried with full military honors.

Violence erupted in Paris during renewed Yellow Vest protests Saturday, where demonstrators looted Champs-Elysees Avenue shops and damaged the famous Le Fouquet restaurant.