Gaullist legacy haunts Sarkozy

Commentary feature in which writer discusses how and when France will rejoin the military structures of the Nato alliance - and why the issue is seen in France as important both symbolically and politically.

ESO: Background information: France takes strength from US ties http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-takes-strength-from-us-ties/

ESO: Background information: France and Nato http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-and-nato/

ESO: Background information: White Paper on Defence and National Security http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-to-reduce-armed-forces-by-a-fifth/

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