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FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the Kanak tribe of Hwadrilla, where the 19 Kanak militants are buried, on Ouvea Island, off New Caledonia, Saturday, May 5, 2018. The French president is heading to the South Pacific on Monday, July 24, 2023 to make France’s voice heard in a region shaping up as a prime geopolitical battleground for China and the United States. President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia comes as French forces take part in massive U.S.-Australian-led military exercises in the region. (AP Photo/Theo Rouby, file)

Macron promotes French interests on a trip to South Pacific where U.S.-China rivalry is intensifying

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he talks to journalists during the third EU-CELAC summit that brings together leaders of the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

An American economist is getting a top EU job. France’s Macron isn’t happy about it

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron talks to journalists during the third EU-CELAC summit that brings together leaders of the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

American economist turns down top EU job as Macron’s criticism reverberates

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

French serviceman operate a mortar during a joint French US exercise in Capu Midia, on the Black Sea shore, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. France’s parliament has approved a boost to military spending spurred on by Russia's war in Ukraine. The new budget bill includes 413 billion euros ($450 billion) in defense spending through the rest of this decade, which is the most significant spending hike in half a century. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

France’s parliament approves big boost in military spending, spurred by Ukraine war

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks following a government emergency meeting after riots erupted for the third night in a row across the country, at the Interior Ministry in Paris, Friday, June 30, 2023. After six years in power, French President Emmanuel Macron appears further weakened by days of rioting over the death of a teen killed by police that come on top of a series of other challenges at home, leading domestic politics to impede his influence abroad. Macron was forced to delay his state visit to Germany meant to show the strength of the friendship between both nations after recent disputes over on issues including energy, defense and the economy. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP, File)

France’s Macron is weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Police patrols in Nanterre, outside Paris, France, Saturday, July 1, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen’s killing by police

By John Leicester, Sylvie and Lewis Joly - Associated Press

Croatian fire fighter extinguish a large forest fire in the village of Zabrdje on the Peljesec peninsula in southern part of Croatia, Friday, July, 24, 2015. The Production of a workhorse fire-fighting plane that is eagerly awaited in Europe to combat worsening mega-blazes fueled by climate change is slipping “a little bit” behind schedule and the first will now not be delivered before the fire season of 2027. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)

New firefighting planes sought across the warming planet are on their way, with a little delay

By John Leicester - Associated Press

The Aermacchi M-346 is on display during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Macron urges Europe to develop its own air defense systems and not rely on the U.S.

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, Friday, June 16, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Emmanuel Macron as part of an official visit, during which he will also participate in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda as Saudi crown prince visits France

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron discusses with exhibitorsas he visits the Vivatech exhibition in Paris, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Europe's biggest startup and tech event runs until Sunday June 18, 2023. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

France’s Macron wants to boost AI, calls for rules that don’t impede tech growth

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, speak at the National Assembly, Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Paris. French lawmakers are debating an opposition bill which aims to return the retirement age to 62 — it went up to 64 with Macron's unpopular reform. Legislators from centrist opposition group LIOT proposed the text, supported by leftists and the far-right. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

French pension reform opponents fail to pass repeal bill

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May 29, 2023. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says the main battle tanks and fighter jets the U.S. has promised to Ukraine won’t be ready in time for the imminent counteroffensive against Russia. Tank warfare will be key to Ukraine pushing Russia out of its territory, and the U.S. has begun training Ukrainian troops on M1A1 Abrams battle tank tactics. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Macron awards top U.S. general France’s highest honors

By Tara Copp and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during ceremonies marking Victory Day, Monday, May 8, 2023 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron presides over ceremonies in Paris and Lyon celebrating victory over the Nazis and commemorating victims of the Holocaust and French resistance fighters in World War II. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

Macron leads ceremony marking end of WWII in Europe

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The Constitutional Council is pictured in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. France's top constitutional body is to rule Wednesday May 3, 2023 on a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's move to raise the retirement age to 64, through a possible referendum or new bill restoring the age to 62. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

French constitutional body rules on pension referendum call

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Protesters march during a demonstration, Monday, May 1, 2023 in Paris. Across France, thousands marched in what unions hope are the country's biggest May Day demonstrations in years, mobilized against President Emmanuel Macron's recent move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Opponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, greets people as he visits the Dole market before a visit to the Chateau de Joux, for a ceremony marking the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France,Thursday, April 27 April 2023 in Dole, eastern France. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

Saucepans clang anew in France against President Macron’s pension law

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A disable man is helped climbing the stair to access the platform Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference on disability Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, amid frustration at dismal accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other mobility challenges -- and years of unmet promises to make things better ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Disabled rights protests before Paris Olympics draw pledges

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Illustration on Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping and France/China foreign policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

French twist: Emmanuel Macron cozies up to Chinese Communist Party

By Clifford D. May

People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Paris. A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. French demonstrations against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have morphed from lobbing paving stones, dodging tear gas and brandishing banners to something nearer the soul of the gastronomic nation: Making noise by banging kitchen saucepans. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) **FILE**

Steely will: French bang pots, pans in fresh pension protest

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Demonstrators holding flares invading the Euronext Paris building in protest to the pension reforms at La Defense business district in Paris, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Union activists stage scattered actions to press France's government to scrap the new law raising the retirement age. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s retirement age demonstrations should not be surprising to Americans

By Cal Thomas