
(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)

