EX-FRENCH president Nicolas Sarkozy is to go on trial for a “corruption pact” over at least £42million he allegedly received from Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
The cash is said to have funded his election campaign in 2007.
Sarkozy faces allegations of “corruption, criminal association, the illegal financing of an election campaign and concealment of embezzled funds”.
The charges come after an investigation by French news outlet Mediapoint in 2012, with a trial set for 2025.
A dozen others, including ex-French ministers Eric Woerth and Brice Hortefeux, will also be in the dock.