PoliticsFrance hopes Bastille Day celebrations will send a ‘strategic signal’ on Europe’s renewed military focus

Leaders from the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ stayed overnight in Paris to attend the Bastille Day parade. It will be Emmanuel Macron’s final parade as president. Final preparations were under way before the event began, with a live stream available from Paris. Many leaders were already in their premium seats, including French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu. Macron was expected to arrive shortly before the 10am start, which was 9am in the UK.

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