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FILE - In this May 19, 2020 file photo, French government coordinator for the end of lockdown Jean Castex leaves after a videoconference with the French President and French mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has named Jean Castex, who coordinated France's virus reopening strategy, as new prime minister on Friday July 3, 2020. Emmanuel Macron is reshuffling the government to focus on reviving the economy after months of lockdown. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP, File)

Reopening strategist Castex named new French prime minister

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People prepare the terrace of their restaurant in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2020. France is reopening its restaurants, bars and cafes starting next week as the country eases most restrictions amid the coronavirus crisis. Edouard Philippe defended the gradual lifting of lockdown up to now, saying the strategy was meant to avoid provoking a second wave. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French way of life to resume with restaurants reopening

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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe presents his plan to exit from the lockdown at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has outlined a stringent plan to fight coronavirus in France by automatically testing everyone who's come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. (David Niviere, Pool via AP)

French government calls off French rugby and soccer leagues

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France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. France's prime minister vowed to keep reforming the country's economy through changes to the unemployment benefits, the pension system and tax cuts for middle-class workers. Edouard Philippe laid down Wednesday the government's upcoming priorities at the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France pledges to reform economy, boost competitiveness

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Riot police officers are seen on the Champs Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, during a demonstration, in Paris Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. France's yellow vest protesters, who have brought chaos to Paris over the past few weeks with their economic demands, demonstrated in sharply reduced numbers Saturday at the start of the Christmas and New Year holidays. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

French prime minister defends police targeted by protesters

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A demonstrator holds a placard reading &quot; Join us&quot; as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

The Latest: French PM: 89,000 police to be deployed Saturday

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, participants perform yoga in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of the sport event &quot;La Parisienne&quot;, in Paris. The Eiffel Tower announces it will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 8 due to the protests called in the French capital by the yellow vest movement. Tickets bought online will be refunded, the company operating the Paris monument said on Twitter. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Eiffel Tower to close amid ‘yellow vests’ riot fears

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A demonstrator holds a placard reading &quot; Join us&quot; as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close

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Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Macron visits building torched by protesters

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Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Edouard Philippe, French P.M., announces delay to fuel tax hikes: Reports

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Demonstrators wearing yellow jackets make a chain in front of police forces near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: French PM to skip climate meeting, focus on riot

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Protesters walk on the Champs Elysees avenue to protest fuel taxes in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. France is bracing for a nationwide traffic mess as drivers plan to block roads to protest rising fuel taxes, in a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Scattered tax protests persist in France; injuries up to 409

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French government: No U-turn on carbon tax

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French Primer Minister Edouard Philippe, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks during their joint press conference at International Convention Center in Hanoi, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Vietnam and France sign deals worth over $10 billion

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In this photo provided by France Bleu, rescue workers help after a school bus and a regional train collided in the village of Millas, southern France, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. A school bus and a regional train collided in southern France on Thursday, killing four children and critically injuring several other people on the bus, the French interior ministry said. (France Bleu via AP)

The Latest: French prime minister: cause of crash unknown

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Joshua Alicea, right, rescue staff member from the Municipal Emergency Management Agency toured the streets of the Matelnillo community searching for citizens in distress during the passage of Hurricane Irma through the northeastern part of the island in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The US territory was first to declare a state of emergency las Monday, as the National Hurricane Center forecast that the storm would strike the Island Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

The Latest: Hurricane warnings issued for South Florida

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Newly appointed French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, right, shakes hands with outgoing Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris, Monday, May, 15, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Philippe, a relatively unknown 46-year-old lawmaker, as prime minister, making good on campaign promises to repopulate French politics with new faces. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The Latest: Germany chancellor welcomes new French president

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