France’s Bastille Day parade returns with full military honours this year
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04/06/2021 - 19:14
National asset officers take part in the annual Bastille Day military ceremony on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, July 14, 2020. REUTERS - POOL
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After a subdued ceremony to mark Bastille Day last year because of Covid-19, the traditional military parade on France’s 14th of July national holiday is to take place this year as the pandemic recedes.
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“As long as the current dynamic continues, we should be able to stage a classic, beautiful 14
th[of July]on the Champs Elysees,” the military governor of Paris, General Christophe Abad, told journalists on Friday.