Sarkozy vows to act after Gaddafi finance claims

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to file a complaint against a news website that claims to have evidence he was offered campaign financing from Muammar Gaddafi for his first presidential bid.

Mr Sarkozy has vigorously denied the allegation, which was first claimed by one of the former Libyan leader’s sons last year as France was pressing for international airstrikes against Gaddafi’s forces to end a crackdown on rebels.