Two guards passed out near Micron.
Both collapsed during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace as the French president welcomed his Slovak counterpart Pellegrini, who had arrived in Paris for an official visit.
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.