The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sarkozy ally charged with influence peddling <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A probe on Wednesday charged a former minister close to President Nicolas Sarkozy with influence peddling but did not immediately uphold more potentially damaging charges of illegal campaign financing.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20120209/2519 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:00 +0100 2519