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Presidential campaign posters of French President and centrist candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron and French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Arbonne, southwestern France, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is facing off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in France's April 24 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Macron, Le Pen square off for decisive debate as vote looms

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, April 16, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France's April 24 presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Macron courts Marseille voters; Climate activists in Paris

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Current French President and centrist presidential candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron speaks with supporters and medical staff as he visits Alister, a training center for functional rehabilitation, in Mulhouse eastern France, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 . Macron, with strong pro-European views, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, are facing each other in the presidential runoff on April 24. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France’s Macron faces angry voters as he fights for 2nd term

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leaves her campaign headquarters in Paris, Monday, April 11, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron, the incumbent president with strong pro-European views, and Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, couldn't have more radically opposed visions of the EU. A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential race would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the European Union. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Potential far-right victory in France seen as threat to EU

By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert - Associated Press

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shakes hands with supporters after delivering a speech at her election day headquarters in Paris, Sunday, April 10, 2022. French polling agency projections show incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen leading in the first round of France's presidential election Sunday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A girl walks past presidential campaign posters at a school working as a polling station for French citizens who living in Chile to vote one day ahead of France's general elections in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Macron challenged by far right as French vote for president

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

A man walks past presidential campaign posters of french president Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection and french far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election takes place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

In France, a nail-biting election as Macron’s rival surges

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a campaign rally, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France. Marine Le Pen, 53, is considered Macron's main challenger. Le Pen's plans include the end of family reunification, restricting social benefits to the French only, deporting foreigners who stay unemployed for over a year and other migrants who entered illegally in the country. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Le Pen surges against Macron ahead of French election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A soldier smokes a cigarette while walking next to a destroyed building after a bombing in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to discuss deal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver a speech after a medal ceremony for childhood and families, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP)

Macron, barely campaigning, leads French presidential race

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Intel unveils $88B chipmaking expansion plan for Europe

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

People without face mask at a market in Biarritz, southwestern France, Monday, March 14, 2022. France has lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, allowing people to remove face masks in almost all places and allowing those unvaccinated back into restaurants, sports arenas and other leisure venues. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France lifts COVID-19 rules on unvaccinated, mask wearing

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Then Independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron smiles to the media after a meeting with young people of Paris suburbs, in Saint Denis, outside Paris, March 30, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron hasn’t officially declared that he’s a candidate for April’s presidential election yet. But he already has a full campaign team and makes speeches about his plans for the country in the upcoming years. Critics say he’s unfairly using his taxpayer-funded presidential pulpit to campaign for a second term while dragging out his widely expected announcement as long as possible. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Macron not a candidate yet but campaigning for reelection

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Macron traveled to Moscow in a bid to help defuse tensions amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine that fueled fears of an invasion. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Diplomatic shuttle: Macron in Kyiv after Putin talks

By Sylvie Corbet and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

European leaders in Moscow, Washington on Ukraine crisis

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. French President Emmanuel Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

Macron heads to Moscow to try to ease Ukraine tensions

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

French far-tight leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech during a campaign rally, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France. France's dueling far-right presidential candidates Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen are holding back-to-back campaign rallies Saturday, trying to steal each other's thunder and keep their anti-immigration, anti-Islam agenda front-and-center in the race for the April presidential election. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French far-right presidential candidates fight for limelight

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Protesters march during a demonstration to denounce a COVID-19 health pass needed to access restaurant, long-distance trains and other venues. in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. The run-up to the April election comes in a context of mounting violence targeting elected officials in France, with holders of public officers targeted for their politics and by opponents of COVID-19 vaccinations restrictions. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

In France, anti-vax fury, politics make public service risky

By John Leicester - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron talks with representatives of families of repatriates from Algeria after the country's independence war with its colonial power, at the Elysee palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for dialogue with Russia, despite signs pointing to a potential war amid escalating tensions with Ukraine. It's part of France's post-World War II tradition of carving out its own geopolitical path. Macron is to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday morning. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

France’s Macron takes own path, seeks dialogue with Russia

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Illustration on French reaction to the crisis with Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

With Russia threatening Ukraine, why is France AWOL?

By Ivan Sascha Sheehan