France to honor Ukraine at 2025 Bastille Day military parade with 10,000 troops
France will put Ukraine at the center of its July 14 Bastille Day military parade in Paris, the last such event of President Emmanuel Macron's term, with 10,000 troops marching on the Champs-Élysées. The parade, designed by Paris military governor General Loïc Mizon, aims to showcase France's military buildup amid the threat at Europe's borders. Macron has approved a plan emphasizing "massification" and "militarization" of the ceremony, moving away from the peacetime patchwork approach of previous years.
France will honor Ukraine at the 2025 Bastille Day military parade on July 14, the last such event presided over by President Emmanuel Macron, with 10,000 troops marching on the Champs-Élysées, according to the project presented by Paris military governor General Loïc Mizon.
Macron has validated the parade plan, which General Mizon said was designed taking into account the strategic context. "We have built this parade taking into account the strategic context. It must be a concretization, for the French and our allies, of the efforts made" for rearmament, General Mizon told Le Figaro, using the terms "massification" and "militarization" of the parade.
The ceremony will be more operational than in previous years, moving away from the peacetime patchwork logic that animated earlier ceremonies. The event aims to showcase France's military buildup amid the threat at Europe's borders, with more troops marching in a staging that is more operational than in previous years.