For the special public occasion, Brigitte Macron wore a white coatdress with black lines added throughout and black buttons running down the front placket opposite a line of black. The black details on the coatdress included lining on the sharp collar, cuffs and at the waist, with outlined hip pockets featuring subtle black bows.

French President Emmaneul Macron joined the Bastille Day Military Parade at the Arch de Triomphe. Macron aboard an open vehicle and encircled by a full motorcade and cavalry waved to the people witnessing the grand celebrations in Paris.

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

Bastille Day in France celebrates the storming of the Bastille in 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution. The event features parades, parties, and a display of military strength, celebrated with elaborate spectacles in Paris,

President Emmanuel Macron made a grand entrance at the 2025 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, marking France’s National Day with military pride, historic symbolism, and Olympic flair. One of the most memorable moments was the ceremonial handover of the sword,

France is celebrating its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. And there are plans for partying and pageantry around the country.

At the invitation of President Macron, Prime Minister Modi of India is guest of honor at today’s Bastille Day parade at Paris. Mr. Macron, who has been keeping a low profile since his country erupted just weeks ago in the most intense riots in nearly two decades, appears to have decided that pageantry and fireworks — many of which have otherwise been called off across France — are a ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews troops before the start of the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2019. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU / AFP - Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced $7.6 billion euros in additional military spending over the next two years.

Since taking office in 2017, Mr. Macron had broken with the widely observed presidential tradition of Bastille Day televised interviews, giving only one previously, in 2020, at the height of the ...