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Bastille Day celebration in France: Show of 'unity' amid crises

France will celebrate the Bastille Day with the traditional military parade on the Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris, under the motto "Share the Flame," meant to evoke the resistance during World War II and call for unity in the face of current crises.

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According to the Élysée, the slogan also aims to show how France is quickly responding in solidarity to the current global challenges, such as the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.