The process is considered unprecedented in France.
There was also a dispute over a wiretapping.
Ex-President Nicolas "Sarko" Sarkozy is now facing imprisonment.
Nicolas Sarkozy is still considered a dazzling figure in France *.
His name was recently fraught with legal affairs.
On March 1, the decision is to be made in one of the processes.
Paris - Final spurt in the corruption process against Nicolas Sarkozy.
The verdict against France's ex-president is to be announced this Monday in Paris.
The prosecution calls for four years in prison for the 66-year-old - two of them on probation.
He is said to have bribed a Supreme Court judge.
Sarkozy denies the allegations.
The Conservative ruled the Élysée Palace from 2007 to 2012.
With him, a former president has to answer for corruption for the first time in post-war France.
Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac was sentenced to a suspended sentence of two years for embezzlement and breach of trust during his time as Paris mayor - but the prosecution pleaded for acquittal at the time.
Sarkozy continues to be popular in France - rumors of a political comeback
Sarkozy is still considered a leadership icon by numerous supporters of the civil rights, although he no longer has any offices.
Again and again there is speculation in France about his possible comeback - if he does manage to solve his legal problems.
The politician is accused of having tried in 2014 through his legal counsel to learn investigative secrets from a then attorney general at the Court of Cassation.
In return, Sarkozy is said to have offered to support the lawyer in applying for a post in Monaco.
The allegations are based on the use of tapped phone calls between the politician and lawyer Herzog.
There had been a heated argument about the legality of this wiretapping.
France's interior minister jumps at Sarkozy: "Was a very great president"
France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin had given Sarkozy his support in December.
“This is a man who has served the republic a lot,” Darmanin said on Thursday on Franceinfo news channel.
“I think he was a very great president.” The interior minister also has his political roots in the conservative camp.
Sarkozy has long been targeted by the judiciary.
From mid-March he will have to answer for illegal campaign donations.
As it became known in January, the French judiciary is now also investigating Sarkozy's advisory activities for a Russian insurance company, reported the
AFP
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His environment has therefore stated that Sarkozy's advisory activities comply with legal and professional ethical rules.
(AFP / dpa / frs)
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