Article: Charles de Gaulle regarded NATO with deep suspicion as a conspiracy by les Anglo-Saxons to dominate Europe.(The Week)(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Brief article)

Charles de Gaulle regarded NATO with deep suspicion as a conspiracy by les Anglo-Saxons to dominate Europe. In 1966 he removed French troops from NATO command and expelled non-French troops from France. Well, times have changed. Current French president Nicolas Sarkozy is keen to improve his country's security ties with the U.S. An announcement that France will fully rejoin NATO is widely expected this spring. Gaullist sentiment is still strong in France, though, and Sarkozy must appease it by playing up Europe's independent defense capability, such as it is. That would be Eurocorps, the ad hoc ...

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