Ex-president Sarkozy Stripped Of France's Top Honour After Conviction

Fuente: International Business Times

Sarkozy is known to regularly socialise with the head of state along with his model-turned-singer wife Carla Bruni AFP Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour -- the country's highest distinction -- following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published Sunday. The right-winger has been beset by legal problems since he was defeated in the 2012 presidential election after serving one five-year term. Sarkozy, 70, had been wearing an electronic ankle tag until last month after France's highest appeals court upheld his conviction last December of trying to illegally secure favours from a judge.