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Added on the 22/02/2021 14:16:28 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Basque independence activist Josu Ternera, former head of the separatist organisation ETA in hiding since 2002, arrives at one of the two trials awaiting him this week at the Paris Court of Appeal for his actions within ETA since the end of the 1970s. IMAGES
Marion Maréchal, elected in Strasbourg to head the Reconquête list, arrives at the Rassemblement National headquarters in Paris, where she is due to meet Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the day after the far-right party's resounding victory in the European elections, which was followed by president Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to dissolve the Assembly and call for legislative elections at the end of June. IMAGES
Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, arrives at a British High Court on the second day of a two-day hearing for the Wikileaks founder's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States. Washington indicted the Australian multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks' publication of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in a Paris court as his appeal hearing opens against a conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.