# Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade

Date: 2026

## The fact

On 29 June 2026 the Office of the President published that Commander-in-Chief [Zoran Milanović](/people/zoran-milanovic) had confirmed the Croatian Army would not participate in the 14 July Paris military parade, saying soldiers cannot go unless he permits it. bne IntelliNews recorded a 30 June letter stating he had issued an Order and that Lieutenant General Tihomir Kundid was responsible for carrying it out.

## Context

[Andrej Plenković](/people/andrej-plenkovic) is an unresolved WAVE H TARGET. Tihomir Kundid and Ivan Anušić are unresolved. The 1 July HRT fiefdom line is neighbouring escalation. ukraine-war is not attached.

Presidency statement 29 June; IntelliNews letter 30 June; HRT 1 July. Store the 29 June order. Keep Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade on 2026-06-29 separate from neighbouring 5 May 2022 third-entity line, 29 December 2024 first round, 12 January 2025 runoff, and 1 July 2026 army clash.

The President of Croatia is head of state with a say in foreign policy, defence and security. He does not sit as the Sabor, as DIP, as the Chief of the General Staff, or as the European Commission. A 12 January 2025 runoff is not authorship of every later HDZ scandal. A Bosnia statement is not a completed Dayton amendment unless a court or gazette so holds on its own row.

## Evidence and sources

Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia carries the official instrument or communique. bne IntelliNews records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is polarising presidency as a completed army-command order, not a Ukraine-war row.

## What is established and what is not

Established: On 29 June 2026 the presidency published that the Croatian Army would not participate in the Paris parade without his order.

Not established: A unique later parade integer, or that a court had already held an unlawful-order judgment.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Plenković and Anušić disputed jurisdiction. Kundid did not write the presidency statement.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade, not a later speech about Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade on 2026-06-29 is not a licence to treat every later Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Milanović orders that the Croatian Army will not join the Paris Bastille Day parade into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He issued the order as commander-in-chief. Plenković and Anušić disputed jurisdiction. Kundid did not write the presidency statement. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Zoran Milanović: https://factrail.ai/people/zoran-milanovic

## Drivers

- Milanović polarising presidency: https://factrail.ai/drivers/milanovic-polarising-presidency

## Sources

- https://www.intellinews.com/croatian-president-blocks-army-s-bastille-day-participation-deepening-rift-with-government-451809/
- https://www.predsjednik.hr/en/news/president-milanovic-caf-will-not-participate-in-the-military-parade-in-paris-nor-did-the-french-come-to-zagreb/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hr-milanovic-paris-order-20260629