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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a national ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism, at the Invalides in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to create a Memorial Museum to honor the victims of terrorism. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

France to create a memorial museum for victims of terrorism

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on the reform of the French healthcare system at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 18 2018. Macron has unveiled plans to France's health care system, considered one of the best in the world, more efficient and sustainable for the next 50 years. (Etienne Laurent, Pool via AP)

Macron announces changes to France’s health care system

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 1956 file photo, French troops seal off Algiers' notorious casbah, 400-year-old teeming Arab quarter. French President Emmanuel Macron has formally recognized that the French state was responsible for the death of a dissident mathematician in Algeria in 1957, admitting for the first time the French military's &quot;system&quot; of torture during Algeria's independence war. (AP Photo)

France’s Macron admits system of torture during Algeria war

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on poverty to social aid workers in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a 8-billion euro plan focusing on education and getting the unemployed back to work in an effort to combat poverty. Placard reads &quot;make more for those who have less&quot;. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

France’s Macron unveils plan to combat poverty

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FILE - In this March 1, 2017 file photo, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, front right, flanked by his bodyguard, Alexandre Benalla, centre left, in Paris. Former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron, Alexandre Benalla, who set off a political scandal after being videotaped beating up a protester said Wednesday Sept. 12, 2018, that he will appear before a Senate inquiry commission as requested, because he has no choice. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FILE)

France: Ex-aide in taped beating will testify, grudgingly

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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito,left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito is for a nine-day goodwill visit in France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

French president hosts Japanese crown prince at Versailles

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French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he makes deceleration to the media as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Pharo Palace in Marseille, southern France, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Marseille for talks on European issues such as migration and eurozone reform. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Emmanuel Macron pro-business reforms in France stall

By Elena Berton — Special to The Washington Times

France’s Macron encounters obstacle course at home

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 file picture French Sports Minister Laura Flessel speaks to the medias after a welcome ceremony for the French Olympic delegation at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. France's sports minister has quit in the latest blow to President Emmanuel Macron's government, just a week after the environment minister unexpectedly announced his resignation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French president names 2 new ministers in mini-reshuffle

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In this photo from Tuesday, April 24, 2018 , US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron embrace at the conclusion of a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

How Macron won Trump’s friendship, failed to influence him

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Macron denies cronyism over diplomatic appointment

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Macron says Europe’s security architecture must be rethought

By DOROTHEE THIESING - Associated Press

French president Emmanuel Macron addresses the French-Danish Business Forum at the Confederation of Danish Industry in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2018. On the first day of a two-day visit, French President Emmanuel Macron pushed for a more closely united European Union and a continent that takes more responsibility for its own defense. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

How European autonomy can strengthen the U.S.-Europe alliance

By Bonnie Kristian

In this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, file picture Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, looks on, as French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech during a meeting at Rungis international food market, near Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Nicolas Hulot, French environment minister, quits: World ‘not doing enough’

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, right, at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit, hoping to build the relationships he needs to push France's agenda of a more closely united European Union. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Emmanuel Macron, French president: Denmark can do more in European Union

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron urges Europe to take charge of own defense

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron turns away from Trump in laying out roadmap

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron looks after meeting President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the presidential Elysee Palace, in Paris, France. French President Emmanuel Macron is back from vacation and plans to launch a new push for economic changes as he faces growing criticism at home. The 40-year-old leader holds a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Aug. 22 at the Elysee presidential palace. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)

France’s Macron calls for world trade discussion in Paris

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FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron looks after meeting President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the presidential Elysee Palace, in Paris, France. French President Emmanuel Macron is back from vacation and plans to launch a new push for economic changes as he faces growing criticism at home. The 40-year-old leader holds a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Aug. 22 at the Elysee presidential palace. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)

French president pushes for new changes as criticism grows

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Christian Jacob, head of the parliament group of the conservative Les Republicains party, delivers his speech during a no confidence session at the National Assembly, Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Paris. The French government faces two votes of no confidence brought by opposition parties in response to the scandal over a security aide close to French President Emmanuel Macron who is alleged to have beaten up a protester during a May Day protest. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Car, gun, perks: Scandal over Macron’s ex-aide grips France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press