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Бившият френски президент Никола Саркози беше арестуван, за да бъде разпитан по подозрения за търговия с влияние, съобщи Би Би Си. Решението бившият държавен глава да бъде задържан в Нантер, близо до Париж, е безпрецедентна стъпка. Адвокатът на Саркози е бил разпитан в понеделник по подозрения, че е търсил вътрешна информация за дело срещу високопоставения клиент. Развитията, изглежда, са удар по опитите на Саркози отново да се кандидатира за президент през 2017 г. Разследващите искат да разберат дали Саркози е обещал "престижна роля" в Монако на високопоставен съдия в замяна на информация.
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French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling. Sarkozy is being held at Nanterre, near Paris, in an unprecedented step against a former president. Sarkozy is being questioned about whether he sought inside information from a judge concerning an investigation into campaign funding. The latest developments are seen as a blow to Sarkozy’s attempts to challenge for the presidency in 2017. The questioning is one of a raft of corruption probes embroiling the conservative former French president. Investigators are trying to find out whether Sarkozy, 59, who was president from 2007 to 2012, had promised a prestigious role in Monaco to a high-ranking judge, Gilbert Azibert, in exchange for information about an investigation into alleged illegal campaign funding. The detention follows the arrest on Monday of two senior magistrates and Sarkozy’s lawyer. They are looking into claims that Sarkozy was warned his phone was being bugged as part of the funding probe. Azibert, one of the most senior judges at the court of appeal, was called in for questioning on Monday. Another judge, Patrick Sassoust, was also questioned, as was Sarkozy’s lawyer Thierry Herzog. This is thought to be the first time a French former head of state has been held in police custody. His predecessor, Jacques Chirac, was given a suspended prison sentence in 2011 for embezzlement and breach of trust while he was mayor of Paris. Investigators will be able to hold Mr Sarkozy for an initial period of 24 hours but can extend custody for another day. Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll denied any political pressure had been placed on the judicial system to prosecute Mr Sarkozy. They suspect Sarkozy, 59, sought to obtain inside information from one of the magistrates about the progress of another probe and that he was tipped off that his mobile phone had been tapped by judges looking into the alleged financing of his 2007 election campaign by former Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. An investigation was launched in February into whether Mr Sarkozy had sought inside information about the inquiry into his 2007 election campaign funding. It is alleged that Mr Sarkozy was kept informed of proceedings against him while a decision was made over whether his work diaries – seized as part of the funding inquiry – should be kept in the hands of the justice system. The Court of Cassation ruled in March 2014 that the diaries should not be returned. Investigators believe the former president was tipped off that his phone was being bugged as part of the inquiry. Mr Sarkozy insists the allegations against him are politically motivated. Investigators are also probing claims that, while president, Mr Sarkozy rigged a settlement procedure which resulted in disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie receiving €400 million from the state. The Tapie payout, it is alleged, was organised in return for political support in 2007. Sarkozy has been implicated in a number of other scandals which are still being investigated. The most serious of these centres on an allegation that he helped organise kickbacks from a Pakistani arms deal to finance the 1995 presidential campaign of former premier Edouard Balladur.