France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday July 14 with a major military parade and military jet flyovers in Paris.

What does a medieval fortress, an iconic red, white, and blue flag, and a massive fireworks display have in common They are ...

EMMANUEL MACRON has changed the colour of the French flag back to La Revolution navy from EU blue in a major snub to Brussels. By Paul Withers 03:06, Tue, Nov 16, 2021 | UPDATED: 10:43, Tue, Nov ...

France has changed its tricolour flag to its pre-1970’s navy-toned predecessor as an homage to the French Revolution. Although the newer flags were hoisted around the Elysée Palace last year ...

France marked its biggest national holiday with a military parade including 7,000 troops marching or riding on horseback and ...

3 It's revolutionary. The flag as we know it today comes from the French Revolution and the current design - blue next to the flagpole, white in the middle and then red - was formally adopted on ...

The blue of the French flag was changed to match the colour of the EU flag in 1976, but Macron has been using a darker version Credit: Yoan Valat/AP Rebecca Rosman Paris 14 November 2021 8:16pm GMT ...

The Bastille Day parade in 2017 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris inspired Donald Trump to plan a military parade in Washington ...

Paris: In a very unnoticeable change, France President Emmanuel Macron has changed one of the colors of the official French flag and opted for a slightly darker shade of blue. As per reports, the ...

It's a change so subtle it went unnoticed for almost three years. But President Emmanuel Macron ordered a change to the colour of the French flag to find echoes of heroism in France's past.

Mr Macron wanted to bring back the navy blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution, Europe 1 said. However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades.