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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Speaking to thousands of supporters from the Louvre Museum's courtyard, Macron said that France is facing an "immense task" to rebuild European unity, fix the economy and ensure security against extremist threats. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Emmanuel Macron wins French presidency defeats Marine Le Pen

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Election count staff tally ballot papers for the local election in Chelmsford, Britain, Thursday May 4, 2017. Votes are still being counted, but initial indications predict large gains for the Conservative Party in these local council elections, which seems an auspicious sign for the party ahead of a national election next month, and bad news for rivals on both the left and the right of the political arena. (Nick Ansell/PA via AP)

U.K. Conservatives gain in local elections; Labour, UKIP sink

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Parisians attended a concert Thursday featuring various artists opposing Marine Le Pen, who faces off in the French presidential runoff Sunday against Emmanuel Macron. (Associated Press)

France minorities on edge over election for president

By Elena Berton - Special to The Washington Times

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Barnier spoke to the media in Brussels on Wednesday regarding Britain&#8217;s departure from the bloc and presented his draft mandate laying out the terms for the talks. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU Brexit chief says U.K. must settle account of what it owes

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

JPMorgan to move hundreds of jobs from London due to Brexit

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People watch a live broadcast television debate with French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, right, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in a bar of Biarritz, southwestern France. Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron exchanged barbs and insults on Wednesday during their sole televised debate ahead of Sunday's runoff election. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

The Latest: French debate features insults to bitter end

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EU rules out suspension of US, Canada visa-waivers

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks to media during his ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 1, 2017. Erdogan is on a two-day state visit to India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey to hold referendum on EU membership

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Spain offers to host EU medicines agency after Brexit

By CIARAN GILES - Associated Press

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron greets his supporters as he leaves the restaurant where he met his staff after his election night in Paris, France, Monday, April 24, 2017. Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France's presidential election, remaking the country's political system and setting up a showdown over its participation in the European Union. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: Israeli president denounces Le Pen’s comments

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Constitutional Change in Turkey Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

What Turkey’s referendum reveals

By Robert W. Merry

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, addressing cheering supporters in Paris on Sunday, told them they are "the faces of French hope" and vowed to be a president "who protects, who transforms and builds." The centrist ex-banker who set up his party just a year ago garnered the most votes. (Associated Press)

Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen in runoff for French president

By Elena Berton - Special to The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures while delivering a speech during a rally of supporters a day after the referendum, outside the Presidential Palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 17, 2017. Turkey's main opposition party urged the country's electoral board Monday to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to Erdogan, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Latest: Turkish body urges state of emergency extension

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A European Union flag waves in the wind in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2012. **FILE**

EU’s pressure on its own shows the extent of its cultural rot

By L. Todd Wood

Correction: Europe-Hungary story

By RAF CASERT and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Revisionist History in Lithuania Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Lithuania’s Holocaust past still haunts country

By Jason Katz

This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

The Latest: UN humanitarian chief says $6 billion pledged

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Maine wants US help to prevent lobster trade gap with Canada

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

Few have as much directly at stake in negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union as the Gibraltarians. Last year, 95 percent of of them voted in favor of staying in the EU out of fear that they could be left at the mercy of Spanish designs to impose its sovereignty on "The Rock." (Associated Press/File)

U.K. to Gibraltar: We will protect you in Brexit talks with E.U.

By Danika Kirka - Associated Press