FILE - In this March 28, 1942 file photo, General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French, greets sailors who joined his forces and came to London. Though De Gaulle spent the war years in Britain, he twice in the 1960s vetoed the country's application to what was then the European Economic Community. On Wednesday, April 10 2019, British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask EU leaders in Brussels for an extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron has been taking a hard-line ahead of the summit. (AP Photo, File)