Eleanor Beardsley

Referring to Trump's talk of leaving NATO, Macron said casting doubt on the defense alliance weakens and empties it of its substance.

As for Trump's comments that Macron is treated badly by his wife, the French president said they didn't merit comment.

He called the remarks unelegant and unworthy of a president.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

The IEA says during the month of March, production decreased 25 percent in Saudi Arabia, more than 60 percent in Kuwait, and 80 percent in Iraq.

But the countries must keep some level of production going to avoid the consequences of shutting down oil wells, which can cause significant damage.

Once stopped, some wells are difficult to start again.

Others become entirely unusable.

IEA President Fatih Birol says the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has resulted in the greatest threat to world energy security ever.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Unlike Spain's total ban on U.S.

overflights, France permits U.S.

support aircraft overflights on a case-by-case basis with guarantees they're not used in offensive operations.

France has deployed an aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean but says it is strictly for defense measures.

Spain is one of the most vocal critics of the war and has called the U.S.-Israeli attacks reckless and illegal.

Italy has denied the use of an airbase in Sicily to U.S.

military planes carrying weapons after the U.S.

did not follow the required authorization procedure.

French observers say Trump is lashing out because he's furious Europeans will not act to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.