The President reviewed the 4 detachments of the armed forces. The Republican Guard (Gendarmerie),the air force,the navy and the army.
He was given the military honors,also reminding him that the President is the chief of the armed forces,and at the same moment,two 75mm guns model 1897 fired 21 ammunitions for his inauguration.
A tradition that goes back to the monarchy era where 101 ammunitions were fired during the death of a king and to greet and announce the successor taking power. It was reduced to 21 by Charles De Gaulle... "21 Republican canons fire".
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He went through the
Champs-Élysées in a military vehicle,escorted by the Republican Guard to go to the unknown soldier's tomb under the
Arc de Triomphe.
Macron writes in the golden book "I will be always at your sides to France's and our people's service". Then greets some veterans.
He then returned to the Élysée palace in a Citroën DS7.
He made a stop to where the Police officer Xavier Jugelé was cowardly assasinated by a terrorist on april 20.
The new President will head this afternoon to the military hospital of Percy to meet injured military personnals,his first symbolic move.
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He will name his PM tomorrow and the members of the government will be revealed on tuesday.