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French President Emmanuel Macron gestures on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Skeptical Macron sees progress on EU enlargement talks

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 12, 2011, an alpinist heads down a ridge on the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 meters; 12 605 feet), towards the Vallee Blanche on the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps, near Chamonix. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the battle against climate change and environmental destruction to be &quot;the fight of the century&quot; Thursday Feb. 13, 2020 after visiting a melting glacier in the Alps. (AP Photo/David Azia,File)

Macron vows “fight of the century” against climate change

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Ecole Militaire Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron, who leads the European Union's only post-Brexit nuclear power, on Friday advocated a more coordinated EU defense strategy in which France, and its arsenal, would hold a central role. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

France seeks lead post-Brexit role in EU nuclear strategy

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

President Emmanuel Macron,left, of France and his Polish host, President Andrzej Duda, shake hands before talks on developing recently-strained bilateral ties at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

France’s Macron wants closer ties with Poland on EU

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Macron: Turkey is sending warships, mercenaries to Libya

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, meets members of the Jewish community during a ceremony to inaugurate the renovated Wall of Names. Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 at the Shoah memorial in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

France’s Macron to make first visit to Poland on Feb. 3-4

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, greet each other ahead of the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2020. Dozens of world leaders have descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. (Atef Safadi/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron cool to Israeli request to criticize ICC

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, meets with Yair Lapid, left, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Dozens of world leaders have descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron grows angry with Israeli security during church visit

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FILE - In this Jan.10, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Citizens' Convention for Climate held at the French 'Conseil economique, social et environnemental' in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron tried Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020 to calm nationwide tensions and salvage support for his overhaul of the country's retirement system, as France faced day 41 of crippling strikes. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP, File)

France’s Macron makes big push for more foreign investment

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

People walk past the restaurant La Rotonde, in Paris, Saturday, jan.18, 2020. The Paris prosecutor's office says it has opened an investigation to determine the causes of the Rotonde fire. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Splits in France’s strike movement trigger fears of violence

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept.2, 2019 file photo, shepherd Romain Jaurigueberry brings dead sheep to sub-prefecture of Bayonne, southwestern France, to protests against the rising bear attacks on sheep herds in Pyrenees mountains. Farmers who raise sheep for milk and meat high in the Pyrenees mountains are rejoicing after French President Emmanuel Macron promises them that he'll not authorize the release into the wild of any more bears responsible for increasingly deadly attacks on herders' flocks. (AP Photo Bob Edme, File)

Grrrrr! Angry herders secure bear ban from France’s Macron

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Strikers march during a demonstration Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Marseille, southern France. Rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined another nationwide day of protests and strikes Tuesday to denounce French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension system. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Macron tries to calm tensions over retirement changes

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo made available from the Mali Army, coffins being honoured during a funeral ceremony are pictured in Gao, Mali. As a security summit begins Monday in France with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania, Macron hopes to counter anti-French sentiment that has bubbled up amid frustration over the extremist attacks that killed thousands of people last year alone. (Mali Army via AP, File)

French summit aims to boost counterterror fight in W. Africa

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

People queue as they wait for a bus in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. France's government and unions appear still far apart after talks over fiercely contested pensions reforms, and the government was hoping to soften union opposition after record-setting strikes that have hobbled the country's train network. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France sees more nationwide protests of pension changes

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CORRECTING OBJECT NAME TO FRANCE STRIKES - Commuters exit the Paris subway during the 32nd day of transport strikes, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. With more than 30 straight days of walkouts, French rail strikes against government plans to reform France's retirement system marked a new milestone, surpassing even the lengths of strikes in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France enters crucial week of talks with unions on pensions

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

For France’s Macron, 2020 again brings rocky start, outlook

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara upon arrival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday Dec. 20, 2019. Macron is in Ivory Coast for a three-day official visit. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

Macron wraps up a trip to West Africa focusing on security

By DALATOU MAMANE and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara upon arrival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday Dec. 20, 2019. Macron is in Ivory Coast for a three-day official visit. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

Macron vows to keep fighting extremism in West Africa

By ALEXIS ADELE and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

High-speed trains are pictured at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. With French President Emmanuel Macron under heavy pressure over his pension reform plans, government officials are meeting with employers and unions on Wednesday to consider the way forward. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French unions: Keep retirement strikes going through January

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Commuters board in a subway, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Thursday that he was ready to make changes to his plans to overhaul the pension system as a major union warned that nationwide strikes and protests could continue unabated until Christmas. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press