The trial of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling in the so-called "
eavesdropping
"
affair
opened Monday afternoon before the Paris Criminal Court.
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The former head of state arrived at the court around 1:20 p.m. in front of a cloud of cameras, without making a statement.
He must be tried until December 10 with his lawyer Thierry Herzog and the former high magistrate Gilbert Azibert, absent at the hearing.