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A man holds light balloons as he checks his phone on a sidewalk next to a department store in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout

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French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC), taken at the Foreign Ministry in Paris,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday following a week in which he met with numerous European leaders. (Charles Platiau/Pool via AP)

Virus-stricken Macron at presidential retreat with fever

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French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC), taken at the Foreign Ministry in Paris,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday following a week in which he met with numerous European leaders. (Charles Platiau/Pool via AP)

Trump wishes French President Emmanuel Macron a speedy recovery from COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a Citizens' Convention on Climate, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19

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French police officers gather on the Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower to protest against their working conditions, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Paris. Demonstrators in France have protested a proposed bill that could make it more difficult for witnesses to film police officers. Critics fear that the law could impinge on press freedom and make it more difficult to expose police brutality. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French police hold small but bold protest near Eiffel Tower

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French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti leaves the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Des. 9, 2020. A draft law aimed at arming France against Islamist radicalism was unveiled at Wednesday's weekly Cabinet meeting, a measure promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to rout out what he calls &quot;separatists&quot; undermining the nation. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, visits the Framatome nuclear reactor production site in Le Creusot, France, which the government holds up as an example of industry that serves both civilian and military needs, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Macron wants to stress that nuclear energy is central to France's energy transition and says it emits less than wind or solar. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, Pool)

France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Macron: Video images of police beating Black man ‘shame us’

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French President Emmanuel Macron chairs a video conference with foreign compagnies executives, Friday Nov. 6, 2020 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, as part of a &quot;mini choose France&quot; forum, designed to attract more foreign businesses. (Ludovic Marin/ POOL via AP)

Macron speaks with CEOs to promote investment in France

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims protesting the French president’s support of secular laws allowing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad march to lay siege on the French Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov.2, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Tens of thousands in Bangladesh protest against France

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Indonesian Muslims protester shout slogans during an anti-France rally outside the France embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded France Embassy in Indonesia's capital on Monday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected speech.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian Muslims protest France’s defense of cartoon

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.30, 2020 file photo, supporters of religious group burn a representation of a French flag during a rally against French President Emmanuel Macron and republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Lahore, Pakistan. A spotlight of suspicion encircled Muslims again even before the latest acts of extremist violence, including two beheadings. French President Emmanuel Macron has forged ahead with a plan to rid Islam in France of extremists, part a project he labels &quot;separatism,&quot; a term that makes some Muslims wince. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French police officers stand near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will more than double number of soldiers deployed to protect against attacks to 7,000 after three people were killed at a church Thursday. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)

France mourns 3 killed in church attack, tightens security

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DANIEL COLE - Associated Press

Supporters of the Muslims Students Organization stand on a representation of a French national flag and defaced images of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against the president and against the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Muslims have been calling for both protests and a boycott of French goods in response to France's stance on caricatures of Islam's most revered prophet. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

As anger rises, Muslims protest French cartoons

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

French police officers stand near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will more than double number of soldiers deployed to protect against attacks to 7,000 after three people were killed at a church Thursday. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)

Emmanuel Macron responds to ‘Islamist terrorist’ knife attack in Nice church: ‘We won’t surrender’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Police officers stand guard near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor in the Muslim world over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)

Nice, France terror attack on church fuels Islam debate

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

People wearing masks, walk on Alexandre III bridge in Paris, Sunday Oct.25, 2020. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France imposes new national lockdown as virus deaths mount

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Protesters deface a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem insulting and blasphemous, outside the French Embassy, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday called for boycotts of French products and for protests over the caricatures, but France's president has vowed his country will not back down from its secular ideals and defense of free speech. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Supporters of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, an Islamist political party, carry a cutout of French President Emmanuel Macron with a garland of footwear around it as they protest against the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday called for boycotts of French products and for protests over the caricatures, but Macron has vowed his country will not back down from its secular ideals and defense of free speech. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims rally against France

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, wearing a mask to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, greets his ruling party members gathered in a stadium, in Kayseri, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Friday COVID-19 infections were on the rise across the country and 40 percent of cases were in Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city with more than 15 million people.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

France reacts after Erdogan questions Macron’s mental health

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press