Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves before the start of the French Ligue 1 soccer match where Paris Saint-Germain faces Nice at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, April 21, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - French magistrates abandoned a long-running party funding investigation against former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, buoying his chances of a political comeback in 2017.
Sarkozy, whom most conservatives want to see lead the centre-right in the 2017 presidential race, was targeted with others in a judicial inquiry into his UMP party's ties with France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
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