French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy stripped of Legion of Honour medal

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Picture: Thibault Camus/AP

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour medal after being convicted last year of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s head of state.

The decision was made via a decree released in the Journal Officiel that publishes the government’s major legal information.