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The U.S. is not the world leader in fair elections

By Jacqueline Timmer

French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection has bolstered his standing as a senior player in Europe. Macron is now expected to push for strengthening the 27-nation bloc and throw all his weight behind efforts to end the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. After winning another five years in the French presidential palace, Emmanuel Macron intends to go back to work straightaway on domestic and foreign policy — but he will soon face crucial parliamentary elections where he may struggle to keep his majority. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French President Macron reelected: What’s happening next?

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with well-wishers as he heads to the polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right contender Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s Macron is reelected but far-right rival raises game

By John Leicester - Associated Press

A man is about to cast his ballot in Sevres, near Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France votes in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right contender Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Macron vs Le Pen in French presidential election runoff

By John Leicester - Associated Press

FILE- French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, May 3, 2017. It's meant to be the climax of France's presidential campaign. Centrist French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen are facing each other Wednesday April 20, 2022 evening in a one-on-one televised debate that promises to be challenging for both of them _ and may be decisive ahead of Sunday's runoff vote. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP, file)

France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives

By Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

French President and centrist candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in voting booths at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right rival Marine Le Pen. (Gonzalo Fuentes; Pool via AP)

Live updates | Japan: Macron’s reelection key to G-7 unity

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A woman walks by presidential campaign posters in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Marine Le Pen’s vision for France if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s runoff presidential election would include a ban on Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in uniforms and laws passed by referendum. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Le Pen’s far-right vision: Retooling France at home, abroad

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

FILE - Women wait in line before voting for the first round of the presidential election at a polling station Sunday, April 10, 2022 in the Malpasse northern district of Marseille, southern France. French voters head to polls on Sunday in a runoff vote between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and nationalist rival Marine Le Pen, wrapping up a campaign that experts have seen as unusually dominated by discriminatory discourse and proposals targeting immigration and Islam. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race

By Arno Pedram - Associated Press

Presidential campaign posters of French President and centrist candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron and French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Arbonne, southwestern France, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is facing off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in France's April 24 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Macron, Le Pen square off for decisive debate as vote looms

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, April 16, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France's April 24 presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Macron courts Marseille voters; Climate activists in Paris

Associated Press

Current French President and centrist presidential candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron speaks with supporters and medical staff as he visits Alister, a training center for functional rehabilitation, in Mulhouse eastern France, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 . Macron, with strong pro-European views, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, are facing each other in the presidential runoff on April 24. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France’s Macron faces angry voters as he fights for 2nd term

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leaves her campaign headquarters in Paris, Monday, April 11, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron, the incumbent president with strong pro-European views, and Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, couldn't have more radically opposed visions of the EU. A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential race would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the European Union. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Potential far-right victory in France seen as threat to EU

By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert - Associated Press

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shakes hands with supporters after delivering a speech at her election day headquarters in Paris, Sunday, April 10, 2022. French polling agency projections show incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen leading in the first round of France's presidential election Sunday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A girl walks past presidential campaign posters at a school working as a polling station for French citizens who living in Chile to vote one day ahead of France's general elections in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Macron challenged by far right as French vote for president

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

A man walks past presidential campaign posters of french president Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection and french far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 8, 2022. France's first round of the presidential election takes place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

In France, a nail-biting election as Macron’s rival surges

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a campaign rally, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France. Marine Le Pen, 53, is considered Macron's main challenger. Le Pen's plans include the end of family reunification, restricting social benefits to the French only, deporting foreigners who stay unemployed for over a year and other migrants who entered illegally in the country. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Le Pen surges against Macron ahead of French election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A soldier smokes a cigarette while walking next to a destroyed building after a bombing in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to discuss deal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver a speech after a medal ceremony for childhood and families, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP)

Macron, barely campaigning, leads French presidential race

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Intel unveils $88B chipmaking expansion plan for Europe

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press