we begin in france way of president emmanuel kron will showcase europe's defense capabilities by putting european military cooperation at the heart of the best day of rage it comes at a time of growing tensions with the united states. including german chancellor angela merkel have joined mccrum to watch the annual parade sleezy that marks the end of a history of the beginning of the french revolution. and . the best deal day parade joins us now from paris good to see you lisa talks us a little bit about what this year's parade is highlighting. well they may this is parade has been as osama act together and french president commander marc klaas been putting forward very much that a european intervention initiative that he had launched 8 years ago that 9 other countries that joined france in the meantime including the u.k. spain portugal and germany and there are troops from different countries that are marching here today and planes from these countries that were flying overhead now the idea of this initiative is obviously to create a common a cultural approach strategic approach to how t