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Macron government's action isolates and demonizes Jews illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

A French betrayal: Macron government’s action isolates and demonizes Jews

By Gerard Leval

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks during a campaign press conference, Thursday, June 20, 2024 in Paris. Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement, sending voters back to the polls, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far right in the European Parliament election. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron’s shadow in the upcoming early election

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right National Front party, arrives at the Eurosatory Defense and security exhibition, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in Villepinte, north of Paris. Jordan Bardella, the National Rally president hoping to become France's prime minister, appealed Tuesday to voters to hand his party a clear majority after French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on June 9 that he was dissolving France's National Assembly, parliament's lower house.( AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Far-right leader Bardella backpedals on taking France out of NATO strategic military command

By Nicolas Garriga and Elise Morton - Associated Press

Police wait for the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron at the central police station in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, rounded up eight people, including an independence leader, suspected of having had a guiding role in deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where Indigenous Kanak people have long sought to break free from France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

New Caledonia police detain independence leader and 10 others in wake of revolt against French rule

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A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat after being discovered by the police walk back to the town of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants are pushing people north to the U.K.

By Renata Brito - Associated Press

Dancers from the Olympic Games opening ceremony perform during a rehearsal Friday, June 7, 2024 in Saint-Denis, near Paris. The troupe of dancers for the historic opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics—the first to be held outside a stadium—are putting the finishing touches on a high-octane performance that will combine urban, contemporary, classic, and break dancing, complete with stomps, shouts, and body rolls. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Paris gets into the groove for historic Olympic opening ceremony, adapted to its iconic cityscape

By Thomas Adamson and John Leicester - Associated Press

Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence. The archipelago's high commissioner said Sunday, June 16, 2024 the La Tontouta airport that links New Caledonia’s capital, Nouméa, to Sydney, Tokyo and other Pacific hubs will reopen Monday. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)

New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb

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Candidates race into France’s snap legislative poll but one convicted for spousal assault withdraws

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France's Marcus Thuram speaks during a press conference in Paderborn, Germany, Saturday, June 15, 2024. France will play against Austria during their Group D soccer match at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament on June 17. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

France’s Thuram urges fellow citizens ‘to fight daily’ to prevent far right from taking power

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Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel, gestures as he speaks during media conference as he is surrounded by leaders of France left-wing coalition for the upcoming election attend a media conference in Paris, Friday, June 14, 2024. Leaders of France's left-wing parties, allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front on Friday outlined their plan to fend off the far-right from claiming power at the upcoming snap national election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

French protesters stand up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

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Leaders of France left-wing coalition for the upcoming election pose for a group photo after a media conference in Paris, Friday, June 14, 2024. Leaders of France's left-wing parties, allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front on Friday outlined their plan to fend off the far-right from claiming power at the upcoming snap national election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections

By Barbara Surk and Nicolas Garriga - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a memorial ceremony in Tulle, central France, Monday, June 10, 2024, where 99 civilians were hanged by a Nazi commando on June 9 1944. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. (Caroline Blumberg, Pool via AP)

Macron, riding high in Normandy, brought low by EU results

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Ronald Reagan's D-Day speech illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reagan’s D-Day speech 40 years ago shows how lame Biden is

By Joseph Curl

A RNZAF Hercules C-130 takes off from Whenuapai airbase near Auckland, New Zealand, bound for Noumea, New Caledonia, on a mercy mission to rescue stranded New Zealand tourists, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The Australian and New Zealand governments say they are sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia. (Michael Craig/NZ Herald via AP)

Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating nationals from unrest in New Caledonia

By Keiran Smith - Associated Press

Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. Using backhoes to shove aside charred vehicles, French security forces worked Sunday, May 19, 2024, to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French South Pacific island where indigenous people have long sought independence from France. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)

French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia

By John Leicester - Associated Press

PSG's Bradley Barcola, left, jumps for the ball with Barcelona's Jules Kounde during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain at the Olimpic Lluis Companys stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

France coach Deschamps includes Kante and Barcola in preliminary Euro 2024 squad

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Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four people dead, erupting after protests over voting reforms. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job)

Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory

By Barbara Surk and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots in front of Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson (45) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Wembanyama has been named NBA Rookie of the Year after a record-setting season. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

Wembanyama headlines France’s preliminary roster for Paris Olympics basketball tournament

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French gendarme patrol at a roundabout in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday, Dec.12, 2021. At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French officials there said Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiraling violence. (AP Photo/Clotilde Richalet, File)

French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia

By Barbara Surk and John Leicester - Associated Press

French gendarme patrol at a roundabout in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday, Dec.12, 2021. At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French officials there said Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiraling violence. (AP Photo/Clotilde Richalet, File)

France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly

By Barbara Surk and John Leicester - Associated Press