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French far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon leaves after voting in the first round of the presidential election at a polling station, April 10, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Emmanuel who? Far-right fighting hard-left for French vote

An employee cleans the red carpet of the Elysee Palace prior to the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Macron was reelected for five years on April 24 in an election runoff that saw him win over far-right rival Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France’s Macron inaugurated for second five-year term

A supporter of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon sticks electoral posters reading "Melenchon Prime Minister" before a local meeting, Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Lille, northern France. Jean-Luc Melenchon, who earned a third place finish in the presidential election, is trying to engineer a stunning comeback as the head of a coalition of leftist parties who have spent the past five years in the president's large shadow. Legislative elections will be held over two rounds of voting, on June 12 and 19.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

France’s left agrees to largely campaign together vs. Macron

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French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection has bolstered his standing as a senior player in Europe. Macron is now expected to push for strengthening the 27-nation bloc and throw all his weight behind efforts to end the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. After winning another five years in the French presidential palace, Emmanuel Macron intends to go back to work straightaway on domestic and foreign policy — but he will soon face crucial parliamentary elections where he may struggle to keep his majority. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French President Macron reelected: What’s happening next?

French President and centrist candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in voting booths at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right rival Marine Le Pen. (Gonzalo Fuentes; Pool via AP)

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A man is about to cast his ballot in Sevres, near Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France votes in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right contender Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Macron vs Le Pen in French presidential election runoff

FILE- French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, May 3, 2017. It's meant to be the climax of France's presidential campaign. Centrist French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen are facing each other Wednesday April 20, 2022 evening in a one-on-one televised debate that promises to be challenging for both of them _ and may be decisive ahead of Sunday's runoff vote. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP, file)

France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives

French President and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with well-wishers as he heads to the polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe's future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right contender Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s Macron is reelected but far-right rival raises game

A woman walks by presidential campaign posters in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Marine Le Pen’s vision for France if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s runoff presidential election would include a ban on Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in uniforms and laws passed by referendum. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Le Pen’s far-right vision: Retooling France at home, abroad

FILE - Women wait in line before voting for the first round of the presidential election at a polling station Sunday, April 10, 2022 in the Malpasse northern district of Marseille, southern France. French voters head to polls on Sunday in a runoff vote between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and nationalist rival Marine Le Pen, wrapping up a campaign that experts have seen as unusually dominated by discriminatory discourse and proposals targeting immigration and Islam. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race

Presidential campaign posters of French President and centrist candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron and French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Arbonne, southwestern France, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is facing off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in France's April 24 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Macron, Le Pen square off for decisive debate as vote looms

French President and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, April 16, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France's April 24 presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Macron courts Marseille voters; Climate activists in Paris

Current French President and centrist presidential candidate for reelection Emmanuel Macron speaks with supporters and medical staff as he visits Alister, a training center for functional rehabilitation, in Mulhouse eastern France, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 . Macron, with strong pro-European views, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, are facing each other in the presidential runoff on April 24. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France’s Macron faces angry voters as he fights for 2nd term

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Citing unidentified French sources, Ouest-France said 12 Caesars will be drawn from the French arsenal and that 40 Ukrainian artillery soldiers were arriving for training at a military base in the south of France.

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