France, March 28 -- French prosecutors have requested a seven-year jail sentence and a €300,000 fine for French former president NicolasSarkozyfor allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafito help his 2007 election campaign.

Nicolas Sarkozyhas been on trialsince January on charges of "concealing the embezzlementof public funds, passive corruption, illegal campaign financing and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime".

Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, denies the charges.

On the final day of the trail on Thursday, financial prosecutor Sebastien de La Touanne called for a seven-year sentence describing the accusations againstSarkozyand the 12 other defendants as "high-intensity corrupt...