Lawyers

• Nicolas Sarkozy wiretap case will proceed after court ruled it admissible

  France former president Nicolas Sarkozy's appeal was trashed by the courts and will face trial for corruption.

• Nicolas Sarkozy's Lawyers Ask Court To Drop Wiretapped Evidence Detrimental To Ex-French President's Case

  Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyers are hoping that the French court will rule on the invalidity of the wiretapped evidence against the former French president.

• French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen

  Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections on Sunday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.

• French police investigate beheading suspect's 'selfie': source

  The suspected militant Islamist accused of decapitating his boss and attempting to blow up a gas plant in southeastern France had taken a macabre "selfie" with the severed head before his arrest, a source close to the investigation said on Saturday.

• NSA spied on French presidents: WikiLeaks

  The United States National Security Agency spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, WikiLeaks said in a press statement published on Tuesday, citing top secret intelligence reports and technical documents.

• France's Sarkozy accused of pandering to racist sentiments

  France's ruling Socialists accused conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday of appealing to racist sentiments in criticizing the country's Morocco-born education minister.

• Sarkozy aims for French party of 'Republicans'

  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to rechristen his UMP party "The Republicans" - but more as part of a calculated bid to consolidate his own political comeback than in homage to similarly-named fellow U.S. conservatives.

• French prosecutors seek trial for BPCE chairman Perol

  French state prosecutors are seeking trial for Francois Perol, chairman of France's second-biggest retail bank, BPCE, who had been under judicial investigation to determine if his nomination to head the group in 2009 represented a conflict of interest.

• Four arrested in French opposition party funding probe

  Four people were arrested and placed in custody on Monday as part of a fraud investigation into an events firm employed by France's conservative UMP party during Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 election campaign, police and legal sources said.