Ukraine plays special role in France’s Bastille Day parade
Associated PressPARIS — The war in Ukraine has even shaken up Bastille Day, a powerful political, historical and symbolic event in France. In a Bastille Day nationally televised interview, French President Emmanuel Macron warned his compatriots that the worst war that Europe has faced in decades “will continue” and defended Europe’s sanctions strategy. The opening of this year’s Bastille Day parade was designed to demonstrate France’s commitment to NATO and to European allies touched most closely by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. “Each and every one of us was struck by the Ukrainian nation’s moral strength that allowed it to hold on despite an initially unfavorable balance of power,” Macron told French military brass Wednesday night. He said France would work to find other energy sources but urged the public to turn off unneeded lights and join a nationwide effort of energy “sobriety.” Macron and other dignitaries presided over Thursday’s event in which more than 6,000 people and 200 horses of France’s Republican Guard took part, along with 65 planes, 25 helicopters and 181 vehicles.
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