This is a first since 1945 : Covid-19 forces, the traditional military parade for the French national holiday of 14 July gave way to a mini-parade in a confined place de la Concorde, honoring the mobilization of the armies and of the world nursing against the pandemic.

on a command-because the head of State arrived around 10: 45am in front of the stands upright, place de la Concorde, where were gathered under a cloudy sky with some 2,000 military, for less than half that for the habitual descent of the Champs-Élysées.