Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to attend the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Paris St Germain and St Etienne at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, March 16, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has attacked the phone-tapping conducted by magistrates investigating him, breaking his silence on the subject to liken the actions to those of the "Stasi" police of former Communist East Germany.
In a letter to be published in Le Figaro newspaper on Friday, the 59-year- old, widely expected to stand for election again in 2017, said the phone-tapping had broken "fundamental principles", the judiciary had been "instrumentalised" and "the sacred principles of our Republic have been trampled underfoot".
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