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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, leave a polling booth as they vote in the first round of the two-stage legislative elections in Le Touquet on Sunday, June 11, 2017.

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Macron’s takeover of French politics is all but complete

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressJune 12, 2017

An unidentified supporter of French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, carrying French and European flags, leaves the Champs Elysees avenue after attending a ceremony to mark the end of World War II in Paris, France, Monday, May 8, 2017. Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen handily in Sunday's presidential vote, and now must pull together a majority for his year-old political movement by mid-June legislative elections. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Macron now needs majority to govern

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressMay 8, 2017

People wave French flags at the Louvre museum where Emmanuel Macron is planning to celebrate, Sunday, May 7, 2017 in Paris.Thousands of supporters of French centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron have let out a big cheer when national television called the presidential election in his favor based on poll projections. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Pro-EU Macron becomes president

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressMay 8, 2017

In this image from TV, Police cordon off the area as people gather to view the nearby high school, following a shooting in Grasse, southern France, Thursday March 16, 2017. According to officials, an armed high school student attacked at the Alexis de Tocqueville high school in the town of Grasse, France. At Least two people are known to be injured. (BFM via AP)

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3 shot, student arrested in high school shooting

by Elaine Ganley Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressMarch 16, 2017

Police officers patrol at the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris,Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Paris police say a soldier has opened fire outside the Louvre Museum after he was attacked by someone, and the area is being evacuated. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Soldiers thwart attack on Louvre, tourists held in lockdown

by Raphael Satter Associated Press, Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, Staff Report Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressFebruary 4, 2017

Benoit Hamon greets supporters after winning the socialist party presidential nomination in Paris, Sunday.

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Hamon to lead Socialists into French election

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJanuary 30, 2017

Police officers prevent the access to the church where an hostage taking left a priest dead the day before in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The Islamic State group crossed a new threshold Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Hostage offers chilling details of church attack

by Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

Police officers stand in front of a building during a search operation in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, following an attack on a church that left a priest dead, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Two attackers invaded a church Tuesday during morning Mass near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing an 84-year-old priest by slitting his throat and taking hostages before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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French priest, 85, slain in church

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

A woman is evacuated by rescuers in Longjumeau, south of Paris, Thursday, June 2, 2016. Floods inundating parts of France and Germany have left five people reported dead and thousands trapped in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Floods kill 6 across Europe

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJune 2, 2016

FILE -- This August 21, 2015 file photo shows an EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC taking off from Vienna International Airport, Austria. Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said Wednesday, June 1, 2016 that a French ship has picked up signals from deep under Mediterranean Sea, presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC that crashed last month, killing all 66 passengers and crew on board. The Civil Aviation Ministry is citing a statement from the committee investigating the crash as saying the vessel Laplace is the one that received the signals. It says that a second ship, John Lethbridge affiliated with the Deep Ocean Search firm, will join the search team later this week. (AP Photo/Thomas Ranner, File)

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Crashed EgyptAir jet’s black box signals detected

by Maggie Michael Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJune 1, 2016