A woman walks down the stairs with a background view of The Great Arch of the Defense in the La Defense business district in Puteaux outside Paris on April 21, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller Maj. Gen. Frank Verdugo talks to reporters during a briefing on the Air Force's FY27 budget request in the Pentagon, Tuesday, April 21, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

(FILES) French newly-elected MP for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Michael Taverne reacts as he arrives for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party MP Michael Taverne delivers remarks during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris on November 5, 2024. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) French newly-elected MP for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Michael Taverne (C) gestures as he arrives for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Rassemblement National's MP Michael Taverne speaks prior the solemn vote on the bill on narcotrafic, adopted by the Senate, at the National Assembly, France's lower house parliament, in Paris on April 1, 2025. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party MP Michael Taverne addresses media during a press conference to present the law proposals of the party at the French National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) in Paris on December 6, 2022. The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) targeting far right National Rally (RN) MP Michaël Taverne for embezzlement is "nearing completion," a judicial source told AFP on April 21, 2026, confirming a report by French weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. According to Le Canard enchaîné, Michaël Taverne is suspected of having continued to receive his police salary after taking his seat in the National Assembly in June 2022. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a reportage of 31 photos by AFP photographer Gabriel Bouys of fishermen in Valras-Plage, Southern France, on March 21, 2026. Search all these reportage images using: FRANCE-FISHING-ECONOMY. Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and photo essays. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)