French President Emmanuel Macron visited Air Force Base 115 in Orange-Caritat, southern France, to meet with the first cohort of volunteers in the country's new national military service program. During the visit, the president entered the base mess hall carrying his own food tray and searched for an available seat among the crowded tables.
The young recruits and volunteers enlisted in the military track continued their meal as usual, neither rising from their seats nor clearing space at their tables for the nation's leader. Macron walked between the rows holding a tray with his signature dish, cordon bleu, rice and vegetables.
