Two guards fainted next to Macron during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace.
They swooned when the French president met his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini, who was on an official visit to Paris.
One of the soldiers standing in the ranks suddenly lost his balance, dropped his saber and fell to the ground. The French leader and the palace staff turned to the victim. Only a few seconds later the second guard fell ill - he also lost consciousness.
The two servants were carried away by the employees of the President's House.