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A screen announces the closure of the Eiffel Tower, Tuesday Dec.17, 2019 in Paris on the 13th straight day of traffic headaches. Teachers, doctors, lawyers and workers at the Eiffel Tower _ people from across the French workforce walked of the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, or to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to dismantle. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris strikes pressure Emmanuel Macron on welfare reform

By Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

Commuters wait to catch a subway train Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 in Paris. Only about a fifth of French trains ran normally Tuesday, frustrating tourists finding empty train stations, and most Paris subways were at a halt. French airport workers, teachers and others joined nationwide strikes Tuesday as unions cranked up pressure on the government to scrap changes to the national retirement system. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Voting with their feet: French march against pension reforms

By ANGELA CHARLTON and NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE - Associated Press

Trains park at the Hendaye train station, southwestern France, Sunday Dec.8, 2019 on the fourth day of nationwide strikes that disrupted weekend travel around France. France's prime minister is holding special meetings Sunday about the government's divisive redesign of the national retirement system, amid warnings that strike-related transport troubles will get even worse in the coming days. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Pension strikes cripple Paris, more travel woes ahead

By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

A hundred activists hold portraits of President Emmanuel Macron to urge France to take action during the U.N. COP 25 climate talks in Madrid, during a gathering at Place du Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. Environmental activists around France have removed President Emmanuel Macron's official portrait from town halls around the country in an unusual protest movement aimed at pushing him to do more to slow climate change. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French activists use Macron portraits to urge climate action

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A hundred activists hold portraits of President Emmanuel Macron to urge France to take action during the U.N. COP 25 climate talks in Madrid, during a gathering at Place du Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. Environmental activists around France have removed President Emmanuel Macron's official portrait from town halls around the country in an unusual protest movement aimed at pushing him to do more to slow climate change. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Emmanuel Macron stolen portraits used in climate protest

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FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during talks with journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine's president sits down Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, and the stakes could not be higher. More than five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Moscow-backed separatists has killed more than 14,000 people, and a cease-fire has remained elusive. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine faces new challenges in peace talks with Russia

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov.26, 2019 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron attends the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. Massive strikes against a planned overhaul of the pension system are sending a powerful warning to French President Emmanuel Macron. Half-way through his term, the 41-year-old pro-business centrist is yet determined to push it through and keep remodeling the French economy. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP, File)

France’s Macron faces decisive test over economic policies

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

People march among flares during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. The Eiffel Tower shut down, France's high-speed trains stood still and tens of thousands of people marched through Paris and other cities Thursday, in a massive and sometimes chaotic outpouring of anger at the government's plan to overhaul the retirement system. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

France on strike: Trains stuck, Versailles shut, unions firm

By Angela Charlton and Mstyslav Chernov - Associated Press

A man stands on a traffic light during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. The Eiffel Tower shut down, France's vaunted high-speed trains stood still and several thousand protesters marched through Paris as unions launched open-ended, nationwide strikes Thursday over the government's plan to overhaul the retirement system. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris police arrest scores amid strike over pension reform

By Thomas Adamson and Claire Parker - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, welcome U.S. President Donald Trump during a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg rejected Wednesday French criticism that the military alliance is suffering from brain death, and insisted that the organization is adapting to modern challenges. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: Greece and Turkey note ‘differences’

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Macron wants bigger Europe military role in NATO

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump scolds Emmanuel Macron for ‘nasty statement’ on NATO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Elysee palace, Thursday, Nov.28, 2019 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron said the NATO needed &quot;a wake up call&quot; and that its leaders must have a strategic discussion about how the military alliance should work, including on improving ties with Russia. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

Emmanuel Macron ‘sponsor’ of terrorism, Turkey claims

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, hold a joint press conference at the Elysee palace, Thursday, Nov.28, 2019 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron said the NATO needed &quot;a wake up call&quot; and that its leaders must have a strategic discussion about how the military alliance should work, including on improving ties with Russia. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

The Latest: US to pay less of NATO’s in-house budget

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is to meet in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, whose recent public statement that it is &quot;brain dead&quot; has shaken the military alliance. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

US to pay less into NATO budget as Macron urges deep talks

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace, during a meeting with France's mayors, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

France’s Macron defends job losses at blue-collar factory

By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he answers a question during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. The presser is ahead of a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers to focus on defense spending, terrorism, and continued tense ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Germany offers expert group in bid to end NATO rift

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron waves to the media as he walks in to the the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, to host. Head of States and officials gathering in Paris for the Peace Forum which starts tomorrow Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Trump, Macron to meet after French president criticized NATO

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Bosnia summons French ambassador over Macron remarks

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Migrants walk away as police forces clear an area Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 in the north of Paris. Migrant encampments are becoming increasingly visible in the French capital. Police cleares Thursday several thousand people from a northern Paris neighborhood where migrants have repeatedly been removed. They are taken to shelters, and some eventually sent home. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French police dismantle large migrant camps in Paris

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press