Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy | Ian Langsdon AFP via Getty Images
Sarkozy's team said he will appeal against the decision.
In this photo taken Wednesday March 28, 2018, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after a ceremony for late Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.
Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, is also being ordered to stand trial, along with former magistrate Gilbert Azibert.
Sarkozy and Herzog are suspected of promising the magistrate a job in Monaco in exchange for leaking information about an investigation into suspected illegal financing of Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign by France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
He is accused of passive corruption, illicit campaign financing and misappropriation of Libyan public funds.
The case centres on wiretapped phone-calls in 2014, in which Mr Sarkozy allegedly sought to influence a judge who was looking into suspected illegal funding of his 2007 campaign.
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I love entertaining young kids, I love kids wanting to play the great game of cricket that I love", he said. Smith was seen holding back his tears as he talked about the effect his actions had on his parents.
What other investigations does Sarkozy face?
Under French law, a person convicted of active corruption can face up to 10 years in prison and a 1 million euro fine, or about $1.2 million, while influence peddling can be punished by up to five years in prison and a €500,000 fine, or about $615,000. Sarkozy lost presidential immunity from legal prosecution a month after he left office in June 2012.
Sarkozy has argued that the job never materialised, meaning he is not guilty of anything, but investigators believe the deal fell through because the former president and his lawyer learned their phones were being tapped.
Sarkozy, who was called "president bling bling" by many due to his flashy style, has been dogged for years by accusations of wrongdoing, but none has led to a conviction.
After being put under investigation over the Libya probe, Sarkozy went on prime time television to reject those accusations, which he said were making his life "hell".
Sarkozy failed to win his party's primary for the 2017 presidential election and has largely stayed out of politics since then.
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