The main entrance to the Elysee palace is pictured in Paris on July 1, 2025. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP
Paris, France: Financial investigators raided the French presidential palace Tuesday as part of a probe into an events company repeatedly being awarded contracts to organise prestigious memorial ceremonies, a source with knowledge of the case said.
French newspaper Le Canard Enchaine also reported the dawn raid, saying it came as investigators were looking into why Shortcut Events had for over two decades until 2024 been picked to host the induction into the Pantheon mausoleum of France's most notable historic figures including members of the French Resistance.
The newspaper estimated that each ceremony cost "around 2 million euros".
The source said officers from the financial and anti-corruption unit were leading the probe.
