Guards at the Élysée Palace Collapse One After Another

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During the welcome ceremony for Slovak President Peter Pellegrini at the Élysée Palace in Paris, one of the Republican Guard members swayed and fell while French President Emmanuel Macron stood waiting beside him. Macron went over to help him.

Shortly afterward, another guard member collapsed, outside the frame. The ceremony was briefly halted as those present rushed to help the soldiers who had collapsed.

The incident took place moments before the political meeting between the two leaders. The cause of the collapses is not yet clear, and according to footage published of the incident, the two soldiers collapsed one after another in front of those present.