On the front page: July 14, the return of the parade
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French adapted military service forces pose for picture prior to the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2021. © AFP - Ludovic Marin
By: Sébastien Duhamel Follow
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"
We are not here to be yelled at, we are here to see the parade
", as Boris Vian sang.
Well, let's be reassured!
This year, it will be possible to get yelled at.
“
The Champs-Élysées reconnect with the parade
”, displays
Le Figaro.
Not sure, however, that we get trampled as the rest of the song wants.
Indeed, "
if the military parade will take place, unlike last year when it was canceled, only 10,000 people will be able to attend,
" said
Le Monde
.
With the sanitary "pass" and the obligation to wear a mask, "
a similar device is in place for the fireworks
".
A parade as usual carrying symbols
Le Figaro
takes a closer look at the menu.
Five thousand men mobilized, 73 planes as well as… Mc Fly and Carlito, the two youtubers!
“
They are ready to take off,
”
Le Parisien
tells us
.
After winning a bet against Emmanuel Macron and after meeting the president at the Elysee Palace, MacFly and Carlito "
are preparing to participate in the air parade of the Patrouille de France
", explains the newspaper.
Just that.
And to be ready, "
the air force welcomed them last week for a training flight
", specifies
Le Figaro
.
"
Everything went well
," says the army but it tries to "play down
the gadgetization of symbols
», Notes the newspaper.
A mix of genres that can be disturbing
However, not everyone appreciates this mix of genres, starting with
Le Figaro
precisely. "
The warrior vocabulary appeals to communicators and other advisers who feed the words of our leaders,
" laments his editorial. "
Nothing like the use of the words mobilization, offensive or strategy to give strength to a discourse on economic recovery, the maintenance of order or health policy
", considers the author. "The fact
remains that war is not only a word drawn from the bag of metaphors so dear to the feathers of politicians, not it regularly forms the daily life of tens of thousands of soldiers
", we read. "
Yesterday Libya, the Central African Republic, Syria
, writes
Le Figaro
,
and today the Sahel, where since 2013, France has been engaged in an inextricable conflict which indeed requires a strategy: not any communication plan
”.
And as the parade of July 14 is "
always a reflection of the commitments in progress
", further notes
Le Figaro
, it is precisely a detachment of Takuba which will descend the fields in the front line.
73 men from this European special force which is to take over from Operation Barkhane.
Last parade for a well-known soldier
And a soldier will make his last parade today. Not just anyone, it is General François Lecointre, "
the chief of staff of the armies who is leaving his post
", explains
Le Parisien
. Emmanuel Macron "
paid tribute
" to him, they will inaugurate the parade together on Wednesday morning and he will therefore review the troops for the last time.
General Lecointre also delivers his last interview to Journal
Le Monde
. He also returns to the recently announced transformation of Barkhane and, as to what follows, for him, one of the still unknowns, it is precisely "
what will be the rise of Takuba
" (which today has 600 men) but which we know is struggling to convince European partners. The other unknown, it is according to him: "
What will be the responses of the States of the Gulf of Guinea
", solicited to help their neighbors.
And when
Le Monde
asks "
to what types of missions the personnel who left Barkhane are going to be reassigned
?" ". Well, "
there is a continuous degradation of the world, we all see it
", replies General Lecointre. “
In Ukraine, in the Black Sea, in the Eastern Mediterranean
”. He makes the list. "
In Iraq, in Syria, with a resurgence of Daesh
". In Iran, Mozambique, Lebanon, the Balkans. A gloomy picture drawn up by General François Lecointre, but according to him it is difficult to say "
what will be considered by our political leaders as justifying a military engagement
". The French chief of staff tells us here that he has "
some ideas
»But that he«
will be careful not to give them so as not to influence anyone
».
It is a wise decision.
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