资源描述：
《2014年7月高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力国际时事要闻法国前总统萨科奇涉嫌以权谋私被调查.doc》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、法国前总统萨科奇涉嫌以权谋私被调查Ex-FrenchPresidentNicolasSarkozyhasbeenplacedunderformalinvestigationoverallegedinfluencepeddling.法国前总统尼古拉·萨科奇因涉嫌以权谋私被正式展开调查。 HeappearedbeforeajudgeinParislateonTuesdayafter15hoursofquestioningbyanti-corruptionpolice. ThisisthoughttobethefirsttimeaformerFrenchheadofstatehasbee
2、nheldinpolicecustody. MrSarkozy'slawyer,ThierryHerzog,andseniorprosecutorGilbertAzibertwerealsoplacedunderformalinvestigationovertheallegations. Asecondprosecutorcalledinforquestioning,PatrickSassoust,hadnotappearedbeforeajudgeasofTuesdaynight. Whenasuspectisplacedunderformalinvestigation,heo
3、rsheisthenexaminedbyajudge,whodetermineswhetherthereissufficientevidenceforthesuspecttobecharged. Thestepoften,butnotalways,leadstotrial.Influence-peddlingcanbepunishedbyupto10yearsinprisonandafineof150,000euros. 'Notalot' MrSarkozywasreleasedfromcustodyaroundmidnightafterappearingincourtinPa
4、ris. HehadbeenbroughttothecourtfromthejudicialpoliceofficeinNanterre,westoftheFrenchcapital,wherehehadbeeninterrogated. Paul-AlbertIweins,thelawyerrepresentingMrHerzog,saidthecaserestedonlyon"phonetaps...whoselegalbasiswillbestronglycontested". "There'snotalotinthisdossier,sincenoneofthemate
5、rialelementsofwhatI'veseen,andwhatwecouldcontest,supporttheaccusations,"headded. TheinquiryaroseoutofaseparateinvestigationintowhetherMrSarkozyhadreceivedillegalfundingforhiselectioncampaignin2007fromthelateLibyanleader,MuammarGaddafi. MrSarkozyishopingtochallengeagainforthepresidencyin2017and
6、theinquiryisseenasablowtohishopesofreturningtooffice. InvestigatorsaretryingtofindoutwhetherMrSarkozy,59,whowaspresidentfrom2007to2012,hadpromisedaprestigiousroleinMonacotoMrAzibert,inexchangeforinformationaboutaninvestigationintoallegedillegalcampaignfunding. TheyarelookingintoclaimsthatMrSa
7、rkozywaswarnedhisphonewasbeingbuggedaspartoftheGaddafiinquiry. MrSarkozy'spredecessor,JacquesChirac,wasgivenasuspendedprisonsentencein2011forembezzlement（侵占，挪用）andbreachoftrustwhilehewasmayorofParisbuthewasneverquestionedincustody.
