Macron Calls on EU to Deliver More Joint Defense Projects

His final term ends next year and he is barred from running again.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday makes his annual speech to the military services on the eve of the French July 14 national holiday.

Macron to lead France’s largest military parade since Second World War

For many in the armed forces, the story of Macron's 10 years as president almost always begins with the surprise resignation of General Pierre de Villiers in 2017 as chief of the General Staff, a first under the Fifth Republic.