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French president in Egypt to boost ties, raise human rights

By BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

A Yellow vest demonstrator wearing a red nose gathers near the Arc de Triomphe before marching in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. France's yellow vest protesters are hitting the streets again, keeping up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron even as internal divisions and frustration over protest violence cloud the movement's future. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Day and night, yellow vest protests keep pressure on Macron

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 file picture, a demonstrator waves the French flag onto a burning barricade on the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during a demonstration against the rising of the fuel taxes, in Paris, France. Thousands of demonstrators will again take to the streets across France this weekend in protest of French president Emmanuel Macron's policies, while anti-yellow vests groups have also planned to use street action to condemn violence.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Yellow vests, opponents gearing up for protests in France

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

French emergency plan to boost purchasing power, study shows

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 1963 file photo, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, centre left, hugs France President Charles de Gaulle after signing the Elysee friendship treaty in the Elysee palace in Paris, France. The leaders of France and Germany are poised to sign the Aachen accord Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019, renewing their friendship and pledging greater cooperation, exactly 56-years after their predecessors inked the Elysee Treaty that set the tone for the two countries’ future relations. (AP Photo/File)

AP Explains: Why are France and Germany renewing their vows?

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Benalla has been taken into police custody last week in an investigation of possible misuse of diplomatic passports and then released. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Macron ex-security aide: Diplomatic passports given back

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron poses with Quebec Premier Francois Legault, left, after receiving a gift prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh Pool)

France’s Macron to promote foreign investment at Versailles

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Police remove yellow vest demonstrators staging a sit-down protest in Souillac, southern France, ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron' s visit, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Macron is meeting Friday with about 600 mayors and local officials in Souillac, a small town in southwestern France, as part of a national &quot;grand debate&quot;.(AP Photo/Fred Scheiber)

French yellow vests protest despite Macron’s outreach

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to visit a school in Saint-Sozy, southwestern France, ahead of his meeting with about 600 mayors and local officials in Souillac as part of a national &quot;grand debate&quot;. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron debates with mayors amid protests

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FILE - In this Sept.19, 2018 file photo, former President Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla appears before the French Senate Laws Commission prior to his hearing, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor office said Thursday Jan.17, 2019 a former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron was in police custody Thursday in the investigation on the possible misuse of diplomatic passports. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France: Former security aide to Macron in police custody

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French President Emmanuel Macron meets paratroopers of the 11th Brigade of the Paratroopers of the Infantry before delivering his new year address to military forces at Toulouse-Francazal air base, near Toulouse, southern France, Thursday, Jan.17 Jan. 2019. (Guillaume Horcajuelo, Pool via AP)

Macron: The French military will remain involved in Syria

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron pauses before answering as he attends a media conference with Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Yellow vest protesters and political rivals say a sweeping &quot;letter to the French&quot; from President Emmanuel Macron doesn't go far enough to quell national anger at his policies. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP, File)

France’s Macron launches ‘grand debate’ following protests

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron poses next to a traditional epiphany cake at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Ian Langsdon /Pool Photo via AP)

Doubts greet Macron letter to quell French yellow vest anger

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French far-right leader Marine le Pen delivers her speech during a campaign meeting in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. Le Pen's French far right party National Rally has launched Sunday its campaign for the European Parliament elections, where nationalist, anti-immigration movements like hers are hoping to dominate. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French far-right leader wants EU election to ‘beat’ Macron

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Yellow vest protesters demonstrate peacefully in the streets of Paris, France, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Authorities deployed 80,000 security forces nationwide for a ninth straight weekend of anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French yellow vest protests hit 9th week, clash with police

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A police officer aims a flash ball gun during clashes with yellow vest protesters on the famed Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Authorities deployed 80,000 security forces nationwide for a ninth straight weekend of anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: French protesters demand more help from govt

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he poses for a photograph after the recording of his New Year's speech at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France. Macron is facing a mountain of challenges in 2019, starting with yellow vest protesters who are back on the streets to show their anger against high taxes and Macron's pro-business policies that they see as favouring the wealthy rather than the working class. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France’s Macron faces tough challenges at home and in Europe

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A yellow vest protester donning a red bonnet , that symbolizes the French Revolution during a march in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Hundreds of protesters were trying to breathe new life into France's apparently waning yellow vest movement with marches in Paris and gatherings in other cities. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

France: Year’s 1st yellow vest event brings tear gas, fires

By MILOS KRIVOKAPIC and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Demonstrators wearing their yellow vests brandish a French flag during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. The yellow vest movement held several peaceful demonstrations in cities and towns around France, including about 1,500 people who marched through Marseille. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

‘Yellow vests’ target French media

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France investigates ex-Macron aide’s diplomatic passports

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