Overview
- Investigators searched Paris City Hall on Tuesday, two days after Emmanuel Grégoire took office as mayor, in a case tied to the 10th‑anniversary tribute to the 2015 attacks.
- The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office opened a preliminary inquiry on February 6 into suspected favoritism, concealment of favoritism, and unlawful taking of interests.
- Prosecutors assigned the case to the Paris gendarmerie’s research unit after a referral from the city’s judicial police department.
- The inquiry centers on whether the artistic‑direction contract for the November 2025 commemoration was lawfully awarded to TRE Conseil, the firm led by events director Thierry Reboul.
- Le Canard enchaîné reported the contract at about €1.5 million, the City of Paris said it fully cooperated and provided requested records, and no charges have been announced.