14 July 2014
France invited some 80 states to be represented at today's parade, being in the year of the 100th anniversary of the of the Great War/WWI. There has been some minor opposition to the Algerian contingent (a petition). I expect UK was, as a close ally, amongst the invited (Entente Cordiale, WW1, WW2, Suez, NATO, NATO the second time, and many more recent operations including AT and ISR suppport in Mali).