Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of having entered into a "corruption pact" with the Libyan authorities in order, according to the prosecution, to receive millions of euros to finance his 2007 presidential campaign. If there is a pact, there must have been something in return. On Monday, January 27, the court examined the case of the Bulgarian nurses and Muammar Gaddafi's visit to Paris in December 2007, which enabled Libya, a terrorist state, to return to favor on the international scene.

Sarkozy is certainly a tough player. On Monday, the former French president emerged unscathed from more than four hours of questioning. Despite a touch of irritation at the end of the day, he had undoubtedly scored points. Firstly, on the subject of the Bulgarian nurses, who were released, totally shattered, after eight years in detention, and brought back to Sofia by his wife Cécilia Sarkozy (now known as Cécilia Attias).

Let's go back: In 1999, almost 400 children in the Benghazi hospital in Libya were infected with the AIDS virus after a blood transfusion. Twenty-three Bulgarian nurses, who were paid far more in Benghazi than in Sofia, were immediately arrested. Eventually, five Bulgarian nurses and a young Palestinian anesthetist were charged with deliberately infecting the children.

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