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Bygmalion, a French political consulting firm, is under investigation for alleged fraud and influence peddling. The firm, co-founded by French businessman Alexandre Benalla, is accused of using fake invoices to bill political parties and candidates for services that were never rendered. The investigation, led by French financial prosecutor Jean-François Bohnert, is focusing on Bygmalion's work with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 re-election campaign. The firm is suspected of creating false invoices to hide overspending on the campaign, which would be a violation of French election laws.

The Cour de cassation, France's highest court, has upheld the conviction of Nicolas Sarkozy in the Bygmalion affair, confirming his sentence for illegal campaign financing during his 2012 presidential run. Sarkozy, the former French president, has been definitively condemned to a one-year prison sentence and a €3,750 fine. Despite the finality of the decision, Sarkozy has not ruled out appealing to the European Court of Human Rights.

LFI withdraws support from Sébastien Delogu, who remained silent in Algeria about the fate of Boualem Sansal and Christophe Gleizes.

Boualem Sansal, a French-Algerian writer, has been sentenced to five years in prison by an Algerian court, with French officials and literary figures expressing outrage and calling for his release.