Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C), French UMP political party head Jean-Francois Cope (2ndR) and party member Nadine Morano (R) leave the UMP political party headquarters in Paris July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy made his first political appearance since losing power, staging an appeal to hundreds of conservative lawmakers on Monday to help save the UMP party from financial ruin.
Greeted by a mass of fans as he arrived at UMP headquarters, Sarkozy called for donations to prop up the party after France's top legal body ruled last week that it overshot spending limits on his failed 2012 re-election campaign and must repay 11 million euros (9.4 million pounds) in state subsidies.
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