France`s former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for his appeal trial over charges he had sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election in exchange for helping improve Tripoli`s image after deadly bombing, at the Palais de Justice courthouse in Paris on May 26, 2026. Prosecutors had requested seven years in the first trial, and he was sentenced to five over seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Gaddafi`s Libya for the campaign. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)