Paris - 14 July 2026: France marked its National Day with an exceptionally large military parade on the Champs-Elysees. A total of 6,686 servicewomen and servicemen marched, including nearly 500 members of the Coalition des volontaires, a France- and United Kingdom-backed alliance supporting Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron was thus presiding over his tenth and final 14 July parade as head of state ahead of the 2027 presidential election.The ceremony, placed by the Elysee Palace and the Ministry of the Armed Forces under the theme of Europe's strategic awakening, combined national representation ...
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