Macron leads ceremony marking end of Second World War in Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops during ceremonies marking Victory Day in Paris (Michel Euler, Pool/AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron has led the traditional ceremony on Paris’s Champs-Elysees commemorating the day that marked the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945.

Flanked by prime minister Elisabeth Borne, Mr Macron laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe monument.