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		</div><p>French magistrates have handed former president Nicolas Sarkozy preliminary charges over suspected illegal overspending on his failed 2012 re-election campaign.</p>
<p>France had a ceiling on presidential campaign funding in 2012 of €22.5m.</p>
<p>Conservative Mr Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012 and lost that year&#8217;s election to Socialist Francois Hollande, is accused of spending €17m over that limit.</p>
<p>Mr Sarkozy, now France&#8217;s main opposition leader, was questioned by judges investigating the invoice system his party and a company named Bygmalion allegedly used to conceal unauthorised overspending. His party was then called UMP but has since renamed itself the Republicans.</p>
<p>The Paris prosecutor&#8217;s office said Mr Sarkozy was handed preliminary charges of alleged illegal campaign finance, and could later face fraud charges.</p>
<p>Preliminary charges mean magistrates have strong reason to believe a crime was committed but give them more time to investigate before deciding whether to send suspects to trial.</p>
<p>Several people close to Mr Sarkozy, including his former top adviser, face preliminary charges in the case. The former president has already been fined €364,000 for overspending in the case.</p>
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