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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, a demonstrator throws debris at a burning barricade while protesting with others against the rising of the fuel taxes on the famed Champs Elysees avenue, in Paris. The offer by Italy's 5-Star Movement to share its web platform with France's &quot;yellow vests&quot; could be harbinger of what's to come in the upcoming European Parliament elections. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Tech could unite Europe’s populists ahead of EU vote in May

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

A poster reading &quot;Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Racism, Not in Our Name&quot; during a gathering decrying anti-Semitism at Place de la Republique in Paris, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 amid an upsurge in anti-Semitism in France. It reached a climax last weekend with a torrent of hate speech directed at a distinguished philosopher during a march of yellow vest protesters, adding to questions about the radicalized fringes of the movement hidden within French society and troubling the nation. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Thousands rally in France to oppose recent anti-Semitic acts

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, photo, competitors battle during a national lightsaber tournament in Beaumont-sur-Oise, north of Paris. &quot;We wanted it to be safe, we wanted it to be umpired and, most of all, we wanted it to produce something visual that looks like the movies, because that is what people expect,&quot; said Michel Ortiz, the tournament organizer. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ** FILE **

France recognizes lightsaber dueling as a sport

By John Leicester - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, Patrick Vieira smiles after throwing out the first pitch before the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays play a baseball game, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Nice coach Patrick Vieira took the rare step of publicly criticizing his player Allan Saint-Maximin after the winger declared himself unfit to play at Angers, Saturday Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, FILE)

Nice coach Patrick Vieira is standing up to player power

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

A yellow vest protester runs amid tear gas during scuffles with riot police officers Saturday, Feb.16, 2019 in Paris. Hundreds of yellow vest protesters marched through Paris, one of seven scattered demonstrations in the French capital Saturday, for the 14th straight weekend. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Verbal attack on French philosopher new anti-Semitism jolt

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angele Merkel, center, arrives for a meeting during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Merkel defends Iran deal; Pence blasts Europe

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Five star movement leader and deputy Premier Luigi di Maio talks during a press conference, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. France is sending its ambassador Christian Masset back to Italy Friday following the biggest diplomatic dispute between the two countries since World War II after Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio met with French yellow vest activists seeking to run for the European Parliament, causing France to recall the ambassador to protest perceived Italian meddling in French domestic politics. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

French ambassador returns to Italy following dramatic spat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A view of the Italian entrance of the 1871 Frejus tunnel on the conventional railway between Italy and France in Bardonecchia, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. A Turin–Lyon high-speed railway project is part of a European wide network to improve high-speed rail connections. On the Italian side, the construction site long targeted by sabotaging protesters is guarded by four law enforcement agencies and has been reduced to maintenance work only. The survival of Italy's increasingly uneasy populist government could very well depend on whether Italy restarts construction on the TAV link, which it halted in June.(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

High-speed tunnel project divides Italy’s ruling populists

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March. 29, 2018, file photo, a double-decker Airbus A380 plane lands at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. Airbus said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 it will stop making A380 superjumbo jets in 2021 after struggling to win clients. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

The Latest: German minister says Airbus must find jobs

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FILE - In this March 9, 2018, file photo, Reims' Anatole Ngamukol controls the ball during a league II soccer match against Chateauroux in Reims, eastern France. French soccer players are turning to the courts to fight workplace bullying and the practice known in France by an English word, &quot;le loft.&quot; (AP Photo/Christian Lantenois, File)

In France, footballers fight workplace bullying in court

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend a debate on the future Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2019. France recalled its ambassador to Italy last week in the two EU countries' biggest diplomatic dispute since World War II. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Italy slams EU for lack of solidarity, but faulted for same

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

This photo taken on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 and provided by the Paris city hall of the XIIIth district shows mailboxes with swastikas covering the face of the late Holocaust survivor and renowned French politician, Simone Veil, in Paris, France. According to French authorities, the total of registered anti-Semitic acts rose to 541 in 2018 from 311 in 2017, a rise of 74 percent. (Mairie du XIIIth via AP)

Anti-Semitic acts hit France amid anti-government protests

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Bordeaux's Nicolas De Preville fouls PSG's Thomas Meunier during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Lille maintains Champions League push as rival Lyon loses

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

A man wears a yellow shirt with writing in French reading &quot;France in anger&quot; during a demonstration of Italian and French yellow vests, in Sanremo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. France's government spokesman said that the recall of the French ambassador to Italy was prompted by months of &quot;unfounded attacks&quot; from Italian government members Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini — and especially by Di Maio's meeting in France this week with yellow vest protesters. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)

French minister warns Italian populist over diplomat recall

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FILE - In this Nov.9, 2018 file photo, Italian deputy Premier and Labor Minister Luigi Di Maio talks to reporters during a press conference at the Foreign Press Association headquarters, in Rome. France is recalling its ambassador to Italy amid mounting tensions, after Di Maio met with French yellow vest protesters and offered to support their anti-government movement. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

France recalls ambassador to Italy after yellow vest meeting

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Turkey slams France over decision to mark Armenian genocide

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FILE - In this Feb.4, 2019 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with mayors and local association members as part of the &quot;national debate&quot;, in Evry-Courcouronnes, south of Paris. Macron is clawing back support as the French leader tries to quell yellow vest protest anger by putting himself at the forefront of a national political debate. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Macron claws back support amid focus on yellow vest movement

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Israel arrests man wanted by France for sex crimes

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In this image taken from video, firemen and emergency workers set up operations on a side street near the site of a fire in an apartment building, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Paris, France. A fire in a Paris apartment building has killed a number of people and sent residents fleeing to the roof or climbing out windows to escape. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Paris fire suspect transferred for medical exams

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In this photo provided on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2012 by the Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris (Paris Fire Brigade), a fire rages through the top floors of an apartment building in Paris, France. The fire that authorities suspect was an arson attack sent residents fleeing to the roof or climbing out their windows to escape. (Benoit Moser/BSPP via AP)

Worst Paris fire in 14 years is suspected arson attack

By Thomas Adamson and Lori Hinnant - Associated Press