French President Emmanuel Macron oversaw a military parade in Paris for France's foremost national holiday on Tuesday (July 14), the last to take place before he leaves office next year.

Macron was in attendance alongside many allies who had participated in the 'Coalition of the Willing' meeting supporting Ukraine on Monday (July 13) including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The allies announced an air-defence coalition as Ukraine grapples with critical ammunition shortages and intensifying Russian strikes on its capital Kyiv and surrounding regions.

Some 500 soldiers from countries making up the coalition backing Ukraine marched down Paris' Champs-Elysees in the annual parade, in what France said would be a symbol of Europe's strategic awakening.

Bastille Day marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, one of the key dates in the French Revolution.

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France's Macron presides over Bastille Day parade flanked by Ukraine and allies

VIDEO SHOWS: FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, PRESIDING OVER MILITARY PARADE FOR BASTILLE DAY, THE LAST OF HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE/ MILITARY REGIMENTS INCLUDING FOREIGN TROOPS ON PARADE/ INVITED LEADERS INCLUDING GERMANY'S FRIEDRICH MERZ, UK'S KEIR STARMER AND UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY WATCHING

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SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 14, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, RIDING IN COMMAND CAR WITH GENERAL OF CHIEF OF STAFF OF FRENCH ARMED FORCES, FABIEN MANDON

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2. TROOPS PARADING ON CHAMPS ELYSEES IN FRONT OF ARC DE TRIOMPHE

3. VARIOUS OF MACRON ARRIVING ON COMMAND CAR AT PLACE DE LA CONCORDE

4. MACRON KISSING HANDS OF HIS WIFE, BRIGITTE, AND GREETING CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY, FRIEDRICH MERZ

5. MACRON GREETING MERZ, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, YAEL BRAUN-PIVET, AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY

6. APLHAJETS AND TWO MIRAGE JETS (ON EACH SIDE) FLYING OVERHEAD WITH SMOKE IN COLOURS OF FRENCH FLAG

7. AIRBUS MRTT FLYING IN FORMATION WITH RAFALE JETS

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8. MACRON AND OTHER GUESTS LOOKING UP AND APPLAUDING

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9. TROOPS FROM COUNTRIES IN THE ‘COALITION OF THE WILLING’ MARCHING

10. TROOPS FROM SPAIN, CYPRUS AND BULGARIA MARCHING

11. TROOPS FROM BRITAIN AND ROMANIA MARCHING

12. TROOPS FROM UKRAINE HOISTING UKRAINIAN FLAG AND MARCHING

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13. ZELENSKIY, HIS WIFE OLENA ZELENSKA, AND BRAUN-PIVET CLAPPING TO MUSIC, PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU STANDING

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14. UKRAINIAN TROOPS MARCHING PAST

15. TROOPS MARCHING WITH COMMAND CAR AT HEAD OF PROCESSION

16. COMMAND CAR LEADING PROCESSION

17. TROOPS MARCHING

18. TROOPS IN GREY UNIFORMS MARCHING

19. VARIOUS OF TROOPS MARCHING

20. SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY OF REPUBLICAN GUARD MARCHING

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21. EMMANUEL AND BRIGITTE MACRON WATCHING, BRAUN-PIVET AND LECORNU, LOOKING AT PAPER

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22. NAVAL FUSILIERS MARCHING

23. VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS IN FOREIGN LEGION MARCHING

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24. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, ZELENSKA, ZELENSKIY AND BRAUN-PIVET WATCHING

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25. MILITARY VEHICLES PARADING ON CHAMPS ELYSEES

26. VARIOUS OF ARMOURED VEHICLES DRIVING IN FORMATION

27. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTERS FLYING IN FORMATION

28. VARIOUS OF MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING IN FORMATION

29. TRUCKS DRIVING CARRYING TANKS

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30. ZELENSKIY AND OTHER GUESTS WATCHING AS TRUCKS WITH TANKS DRIVE PAST

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31. VARIOUS OF MOUNTED TROOPS RIDING IN FORMATION

32. VARIOUS OF NAVY BAND MARCHING AND PLAYING TO MARK 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH NAVY

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33. BRAUN-PRIVET, LECORNU, MACRON, BRIGITTE MACRON AND GUESTS APPLAUDING

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34. REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT DEFENCE SERVICES STANDING AROUND GIANT FRENCH FLAG SINGING FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM LA MARSEILLAISE

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35. BRAUN-PIVET, LECORNU, MACRON, BRIGITTE MACRON, AND PRESIDENT OF FRENCH SENATE, GERARD LARCHER, SINGING/ SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ, ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA, CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER ANDRE PLENKOVIC AND DANISH PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN WATCHING

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36. REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONS IN COALITION OF THE WILLING STANDING WITH COUNTRIES' FLAGS AROUND BIG FRENCH FLAG

37. LARCHER, ZELENSKA, ZELENSKIY, BRIGITTE MACRON, MACRON AND STARMER POSING FOR PHOTOS

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38. MACRON GREETING GUESTS