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DARK SECRETS: French investigators blocked from elysee palace in events contracts probe | Rare Historical Photos

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of the coffins of Missak Manouchian and his wife Mélinée during their induction ceremony at the Panthéon in Paris on 21 February 2024. The ceremony was organised by Shortcut Events, a company now under investigation over the awarding of state event contracts. © AP - Christophe Petit Tesson

Investigators were denied access to the Élysée Palace on Tuesday as part of a probe into how an events company was awarded contracts to organise major state ceremonies.

Financial investigators went to the presidential palace in the morning, but were not allowed to enter, the national financial prosecutor Pascal Prache said.

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