President Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Dresden, Germany (AP)

President Obama has turned down a dinner invitation from French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, and French media are quick to call it a snub.

The Obamas plan to spend Friday night at the U.S. Embassy in Paris after a day in Germany. On Saturday, they will participate in ceremonies in Normandy marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

The schedule Friday included a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Dresden and a visit to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Reports have also surfaced of turbulence with Merkel thanks to both private and public criticisms of Germany by Obama administration officials.

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