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People without face mask at a market in Biarritz, southwestern France, Monday, March 14, 2022. France has lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, allowing people to remove face masks in almost all places and allowing those unvaccinated back into restaurants, sports arenas and other leisure venues. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France lifts COVID-19 rules on unvaccinated, mask wearing

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Then Independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron smiles to the media after a meeting with young people of Paris suburbs, in Saint Denis, outside Paris, March 30, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron hasn’t officially declared that he’s a candidate for April’s presidential election yet. But he already has a full campaign team and makes speeches about his plans for the country in the upcoming years. Critics say he’s unfairly using his taxpayer-funded presidential pulpit to campaign for a second term while dragging out his widely expected announcement as long as possible. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Macron not a candidate yet but campaigning for reelection

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Macron traveled to Moscow in a bid to help defuse tensions amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine that fueled fears of an invasion. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Diplomatic shuttle: Macron in Kyiv after Putin talks

By Sylvie Corbet and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

European leaders in Moscow, Washington on Ukraine crisis

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. French President Emmanuel Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

Macron heads to Moscow to try to ease Ukraine tensions

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

French far-tight leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech during a campaign rally, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France. France's dueling far-right presidential candidates Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen are holding back-to-back campaign rallies Saturday, trying to steal each other's thunder and keep their anti-immigration, anti-Islam agenda front-and-center in the race for the April presidential election. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French far-right presidential candidates fight for limelight

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Protesters march during a demonstration to denounce a COVID-19 health pass needed to access restaurant, long-distance trains and other venues. in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. The run-up to the April election comes in a context of mounting violence targeting elected officials in France, with holders of public officers targeted for their politics and by opponents of COVID-19 vaccinations restrictions. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

In France, anti-vax fury, politics make public service risky

By John Leicester - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron talks with representatives of families of repatriates from Algeria after the country's independence war with its colonial power, at the Elysee palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for dialogue with Russia, despite signs pointing to a potential war amid escalating tensions with Ukraine. It's part of France's post-World War II tradition of carving out its own geopolitical path. Macron is to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday morning. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

France’s Macron takes own path, seeks dialogue with Russia

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Illustration on French reaction to the crisis with Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

With Russia threatening Ukraine, why is France AWOL?

By Ivan Sascha Sheehan

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the cup after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Sunday, June 13, 2021 in Paris. Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic could be allowed to defend his French Open title under the latest COVID-19 rules adopted by the French government, even if he still not vaccinated when the clay-court Grand Slam starts in May. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) **FILE**

Djokovic could play in France under latest vaccine rules

By Angela Charlton and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after their talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 18, 2022. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

NATO sends ships, jets east as Ireland rejects Russia drills

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask and a working helmet, talks with workers of the WEurope platform by German chemical giant BASF during a visit at the Alsachimie industrial site in Chalampe, eastern France, as part of a day trip on the economic attractiveness and reindustrialization of France, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Benoit Tessier, Pool Photo via AP)

France’s new pandemic law will bar unvaccinated people from public venues

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

A employees works at NG Biotech, a start-up that makes an array of medical tests, including kits for use at home and by medical professionals to detect COVID-19 infections , in Guipry, western France, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. With France breaking records in Europe for coronavirus infections, manufacturers are working flat-out to try to meet the huge demand for tests. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

‘A hurricane:’ Virus storm sends test-makers into overdrive

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference on France assuming EU presidency, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron has provoked outcries in parliament and shrill protests from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get coronavirus jabs. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Macron berates France’s unvaccinated, uses salty language

By John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Suzanne, 5 years old, is tested for COVID-19 in Albigny-sur-Saone, outside Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Over 12 million French children returned to school Monday. New rules include all children in the same class getting tested three times in the four days if one pupil tests positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day

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People wearing face mask walk on the street in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Thursday, Dec.30, 2021. The French government announced this week new measures to fight the spreading of the virus as France reported a record high of 208,000 new infections on Wednesday. Mask-wearing is already mandatory inside shops, public facilities, office buildings and public transports across France. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Cut! Popcorn, candy ban hits French cinemas’ virus recovery

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French Health Minister Olivier Veran arrives for a hearing with the deputies of the Laws Commission, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. At a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday afternoon, the health minister defended a government plan to allow only the fully vaccinated to enjoy continued access to places such as restaurants, cinemas, theaters, museums, and sports arenas. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections

By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron leads a special cabinet meeting from the Fort de Bregancon presidential holidays residence, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Dec. 21, 2021. Macron held a special virus meeting on Monday with some key ministers via video call from his holiday residence at Fort de Bregancon, on the French Riviera, after the country recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time in the pandemic. (Nicolas Tucat, Pool Photo via AP)

France imposes new virus measures amid spike in infections

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Travellers stand in front of an information board at BER Airport in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Germany’s incoming transport minister is advising people against traveling over Christmas as the country tries to stem a wave of coronavirus infections. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron

By Danica Kirka and Mike Corder - Associated Press

A woman wears a face mask as she walks in Covent Garden market, in London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The U.K. recorded the highest number of confirmed new COVID-19 infections Wednesday since the pandemic began, and England's chief medical officer warned the situation is likely to get worse as the omicron variant drives a new wave of illness during the Christmas holidays. The U.K. recorded 78,610 new infections on Wednesday, 16% higher than the previous record set in January. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Soaring infections rattle Europe, fuel dread about holidays

By Danica Kirka and Mike Corder - Associated Press