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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 3 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.638s | source
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dmead ◴[22 Oct 25 06:28 UTC] No.45665521[source]▶
The French understand how to run a society.
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1. 0xAFFFF ◴[22 Oct 25 07:55 UTC] No.45666049[source]▶
Well no. French person here. While this verdict is a great victory for democracy in itself, a lot of problems around it are still not solved.

- Prosecuting white-collar crime still takes ages and takes over a decade, long after the resulting sentences have a real impact

- People like Nicolas Sarkozy have powerful media relays (most of the TV/newspaper owners in France are friends of him or at least sympathetic) and they can smear the judgment, smear the judges in the media with impunity

- His allies are currently in power, he was invited for a short discussion by president Macron and got a visit in prison from the minister of justice Darmanin, which reeks of favoritism

So the road ahead is still long, and I'm not even talking about current political climate which is horrendous.

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2. bee_rider ◴[22 Oct 25 08:09 UTC] No.45666146[source]▶
Although, as you note, it could always be better… it is still impressive that your system seems to be overcoming 2 and 3.
3. NaomiLehman ◴[22 Oct 25 11:16 UTC] No.45667397[source]▶
compared to most countries you are still doing great!