‘Unprecedented’: Sarkozy imprisonment sets powerful ‘precedent on need for probity in public office’

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the gates of the notorious La Santé prison where he will now serve his 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. He is the first post-WWII leader of France to be imprisoned. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on this unprecedented moment in French history, Stuart Norval is joined by fellow journalists Clovis Casali, Philip Turle and Ellen Gainsford, and expert analysis of our guest Dr. Andrew Smith, historian of modern France and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London.