FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left in car, and French Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre stand in the command car and review the troops during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Paris. High-stakes legislative elections this Sunday will almost certainly impact the French leader's sway in the fields of defense and foreign affairs, quite possibly diminishing his role as an energetic and influential figure in European and world affairs and as one of Ukraine's primary backers in the war against Russia, say retired French military officers and analysts of France's defense and foreign policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)