Overview
- Investigators who arrived at the Élysée were refused entry, a move the National Financial Prosecutor confirmed as part of a contracts probe.
- Presidential staff said documents about employees that do not concern the president’s official duties would be provided if prosecutors request them.
- The inquiry targets suspected favoritism, corruption, influence peddling, and unlawful conflicts of interest linked to Panthéon ceremonies.
- Reports say Shortcut Events repeatedly won the work for more than two decades, with each ceremony costing about €2 million.
- Le Canard Enchaîné identified the firm and its ties to the Centre for National Monuments, and News18 noted the last known event was the 2024 tribute to Resistance figure Missak Manouchian at the Panthéon.