France’s lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication. As public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options, the National Assembly vote on Tuesday is a key legislative step on the long-debated issue.

Macron dismissed speculation that the first lady shoved him telling reporters May 26 they were just being playful.

Mr. Macron said that the video had captured him and his wife “bickering and rather, joking around,” something, he said, “we often do.”

Macron's visit to Vietnam marks the first by a French president in almost a decade, with the trip aimed at promoting France's influence in its former colony.