It’s the big house for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, who began his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday.

The once mighty politician is serving time at La Sante prison in Paris after being convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with Libyan money.

His stint in the clinker makes it the first time an ex-leader of modern France has ended up behind bars.

When Sarkozy left his Paris home Tuesday holding hands with wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and surrounded by family members, he was greeted by hundreds of supporters. The couple embraced before he got into a police car.

The crowd chanted “Nicolas, Nicolas” and sang the French anthem while two French flags adorned a nearby fence, with the supportive words “Courage Nicolas, return soon” and “t

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