France's annual Bastille Day celebration became a showcase for European defense cooperation Sunday as other national leaders joined President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to inspect the troops marching in the country's annual military parade.
France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chief of Staff of the French Army General Francois Lecointre stand in the command car as they drive down the Champs-Elysees during the Bastille Day parade in Paris on Sunday.
France has had a Bastille Day parade since 1880, and it's customary for a foreign leader to be the guest of honor. The guest of honor in 2017, President Trump, came away so impressed by the spectacle he ordered a military parade in Washington for America's Independence Day celebration. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the invitation to celebrate France's national holiday"is a symbol for an intensified European cooperation" and"a big gesture toward European defense policy."
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