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Questions Sarkozy must answer


Former President Nicolas Sarkozy is to seek the leadership of France’s centre-right Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) in November despite legal woes and ongoing investigations


INFLUENCE PEDDLING, CORRUPTION


(UPDATE 1) Sarkozy charged in July over alleged attempt to influence judges who were looking into his affairs. Case suspended 


CASH FROM GADDAFI


Allegations that former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s regime helped finance Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign. Sarkozy is suing for defamation


BYGMALION AFFAIR


Investigation opened in June over allegations that UMP was falsely billed by PR agency Bygmalion for €10 million to cover Sarkozy’s campaign expenses in 2012


TAPIE SCANDAL


Suspected of pressuring his finance minister Christine Lagarde (right) to refer to arbitration rather than legal system in €400 million state payout to tycoon Bernard Tapie


ELYSÉE POLLS


Anti-graft organisation Anticor alleges that Sarkozy spent more than €9 million of taxpayers’ funds on hundreds of polls to gauge nation’s attitude to his private life


CLEARED IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE


Sarkozy cleared in March 2013 of allegations of soliciting secret campaign financing from L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, France’s richest woman

Sources: AFP, Associated Press, BBC Pictures: Getty Images