We cannot repeat it enough: politicians are justiciable like any other.
They should therefore be treated like everyone else.
And this is why the way in which justice has been dealing with Nicolas Sarkozy for years has posed a problem: the incredible deployment of resources, questionable procedures and now an exceptionally severe sentence, none of this is normal.
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Since the beginning of the week, observers have pointed out the shocking nature of the wiretaps that are the basis of the judgment and the fragility of the evidence against the former president, constituted by simple bundles of clues, without tangible elements.
Between the materiality of the facts and the scope of a prison sentence which durably discredits the former head of state, the scales of justice have had a curious conception of balance.
On reading the judgment, it appears that the former functions of Nicolas Sarkozy (he was no longer president at the time of the events) weighed as much,
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