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Right-wing opposition MP Eric Ciotti poses prior to chair a hearing of French former minister for public accounts before the National Assembly's Committee of Inquiry on the Deficit in Paris, on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP) (Photo by VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)