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Not to mention that we have the former president Nicolas Sarkozy on trial for corruption right now. He just took a few millions from Muammar Gaddafi to finance
by kakwa_ 9y ago
Not to mention that we have the former president Nicolas Sarkozy on trial for corruption right now. He just took a few millions from Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2008 campaign.
And there were a slew of big international military contracts in the 80ies/90ies which were subverted to finance political campaigns (Taiwanese frigates, Agosta contract with Pakistan).
These scandals tend to be judged long after the facts (10 to 20 years), and the verdict is generally underwhelming to say the least.
- baud147258 9y agoI've said high-level to contrast to street-level when you slip a bank note to avoid a fine or go first in the queue, but his stories do not implicate that level of corruption, at most local politicians.