FILE - Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella, right, leaves with far-right leader Marine Le Pen after a press conference, Monday, June 24, 2024 in Paris. Both Le Pen and Bardella have made clear that, in power, they would seek to rein-in Macron and exert themselves in defense, European and foreign affairs decision-making. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left in car, and French Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre stand in the command car and review the troops during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Paris. High-stakes legislative elections this Sunday will almost certainly impact the French leader's sway in the fields of defense and foreign affairs, quite possibly diminishing his role as an energetic and influential figure in European and world affairs and as one of Ukraine's primary backers in the war against Russia, say retired French military officers and analysts of France's defense and foreign policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron reviews troops that will take part to the Bastille Day parade, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. High-stakes legislative elections this Sunday will almost certainly impact the French leader's sway in the fields of defense and foreign affairs, quite possibly diminishing his role as an energetic and influential figure in European and world affairs and as one of Ukraine's primary backers in the war against Russia, say retired French military officers and analysts of France's defense and foreign policies (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool, File)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali on May 19, 2017. High-stakes legislative elections this Sunday will almost certainly impact the French leader's sway in the fields of defense and foreign affairs, quite possibly diminishing his role as an energetic and influential figure in European and world affairs and as one of Ukraine's primary backers in the war against Russia, say retired French military officers and analysts of France's defense and foreign policies. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP, File)