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FILE - French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a French-Moroccan, walks out at the end of the cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on May 10, 2017. During an electoral debate, a far-right candidate for the National Rally said on TV that it had been a “mistake” to have appointed Vallaud-Belkacem to the position of education minister in 2014-17, saying it was “not a good thing for the Republic.” (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

FILE - French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a French-Moroccan, walks out at the end of the cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on May 10, 2017. During an electoral debate, a far-right candidate for the National Rally said on TV that it had been a “mistake” to have appointed Vallaud-Belkacem to the position of education minister in 2014-17, saying it was “not a good thing for the Republic.” (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

FILE - People stand near a French flag reading "France is a patchwork of migration" in Republique Plaza as they react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, in Paris, on July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - People stand near a French flag reading "France is a patchwork of migration" in Republique Plaza as they react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, in Paris, on July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - People celebrate at the Republique plaza after the second round of the legislative election, on July 7, 2024 in Paris. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

FILE - People celebrate at the Republique plaza after the second round of the legislative election, on July 7, 2024 in Paris. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

FILE - People react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, near Republique Plaza in Paris, France, on July 7, 2024. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - People react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, near Republique Plaza in Paris, France, on July 7, 2024. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - Newly appointed French Government's Spokesperson Prisca Thevenot arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting after a cabinet reshuffle, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on Jan. 12, 2024. Thevenot, whose parents hail from the African island of Mauritius, was putting up election posters with two aids in Meudon near Paris when a group attacked them. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - Newly appointed French Government's Spokesperson Prisca Thevenot arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting after a cabinet reshuffle, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on Jan. 12, 2024. Thevenot, whose parents hail from the African island of Mauritius, was putting up election posters with two aids in Meudon near Paris when a group attacked them. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - People react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, near Republique Plaza in Paris, on July 7, 2024. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - People react to the projection of results during the second round of the legislative elections, near Republique Plaza in Paris, on July 7, 2024. For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic heterogeneity instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)