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Then-Crystal Palace's head coach Patrick Vieira applauds during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace, at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. France soccer great Patrick Vieira was out as coach of United States-owned top-tier club Strasbourg on Thursday, July 18, 2024, just one month before the Ligue 1 season starts. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)

Patrick Vieira out as coach of Strasbourg on eve of French season

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Siblings Martim Agostinho, Mariana Agostinho and Claudia Agostinho, pose for a picture at their home in Leiria, Portugal, Dec. 17, 2017. They are three of the six young people from Portugal arguing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of Human Rights. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron attend Europe Day ceremony and the Future of Europe conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, Pool)

EU launches conference to debate its future with citizens

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, people wait in line to be tested for the COVID-19 outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. European lawmakers won’t be returning to the French city of Strasbourg for next week’s plenary session because of the COVID-19 worrying situation in France. The European Parliament President David Sassoli said Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, the session will be held remotely. Plenary sessions scheduled in Strasbourg, which is the official seat of the European Parliament, have been scrapped since March because of concerns related to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

European lawmakers won’t be back in Strasbourg this month

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Britain's Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, answers reporters at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Nigel Farage gets his way, and last laugh: Brexit is coming

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

An Anti- Brexit demonstrator protests outside The Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: Merkel open to free trade agreement post-Brexit

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Italy's David-Maria Sassoli shows seven fingers for the number of voices missing to be elected as President at the European Parliament in the first round vote in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday July 3, 2019. European Union legislators are gearing up to elect their parliamentary leader — a decision that will complete the bloc's drawn-out appointment process for its top jobs. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: EU nominee seeks support, vows to listen

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A man arrives to vote at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reach their climax Sunday as the last 21 nations go to the polls and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between euroskeptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

EU elections primer: How they work, what happened

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union leaders pose for a group photo at an EU summit in Sibiu, Romania, Thursday, May 9, 2019. European Union leaders on Thursday start to set out a course for increased political cooperation in the wake of the impending departure of the United Kingdom from the bloc. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU elections primer: How they work, what could happen

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union leaders pose for a group photo at an EU summit in Sibiu, Romania, Thursday, May 9, 2019. European Union leaders on Thursday start to set out a course for increased political cooperation in the wake of the impending departure of the United Kingdom from the bloc. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU elections primer: How they work, what could happen

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

People attend a vigil in Paris, Tuesday April 16, 2019. Firefighters declared success Tuesday in a more than 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers and the purported Crown of Christ. Notre Dame cathedral in the background. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Bells of French cathedrals ring in tribute to Notre Dame

By SYLVIE CORBET AND NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

Memorial stone for former synagogue vandalized in France

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5 detained in France in Strasbourg attack investigation

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

PSG's Neymar tries to score during the French Cup soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Neymar faces anxious wait to determine extent of foot injury

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, demonstrators march on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, as they protest the rising of the fuel prices. “Yellow vest” protests have gripped France for four weeks, blocking highways from Provence to Normandy and erupting in rioting in Paris. They’ve shaken the country to its core and left President Emmanuel Macron struggling to retain control. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Emmanuel Macron urges calm; Paris police brace for more violence

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

A French soldiers patrols as the Christmas market reopens in Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday, Dec.14, 2018. The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of a two-day manhunt, French authorities said. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: Italian journalist among the dead in Strasbourg

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French police officers gather near the dead body of a man lying in the doorway of a building after a shootout with police in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. The dead man was suspected of being the gunman who killed three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the dead man's identity hasn't been confirmed yet. But Castaner said the &quot;individual corresponds to the description of the person sought since Tuesday night,&quot; 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt. (AP Photo)

French hunt for possible accomplices of Strasbourg attacker

By ELAINE GANLEY and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV - Associated Press

French police forces take position in the Neudorf district of Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. French security forces were trying to catch the suspected Strasbourg gunman dead or alive as the city of Strasbourg was still in mourning with candles lit and flowers left at the site of Tuesday's attack near the Christmas market.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: Man killed in Strasbourg was market shooter

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French gendarmes patrol in the streets of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France, following a shooting, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Police union officials identified the suspected assailant as Frenchman Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery and monitored as a suspected religious radical by the French intelligence services. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Strasbourg market attack suspect killed in police shootout

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ELENA BECATOROS and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV - Associated Press

French police forces take position in the Neudorf district of Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. French security forces were trying to catch the suspected Strasbourg gunman dead or alive as the city of Strasbourg was still in mourning with candles lit and flowers left at the site of Tuesday's attack near the Christmas market.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Cherif Chekatt manhunt: Suspect killed in Strasbourg police shootout

By Elaine Ganley and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press