Is NATO planning on surrendering anytime soon...

[Churchill]

are politely asking to be allowed

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced his country is to return to Nato's military command, reversing four decades of self-imposed exile.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7937666.stm

It was Sarkozy urging the people of France.

[Rantor]

A sad day for La France.

Their absence from NATO provided a counter-balance from the European perspective.

Eh Yhey stropped off in the sixties thanks to de gaulle's nationalistic posturing.

On a similar vein, his reasons for vetoing Britain's common market entry were equally self serving.

In all, maybe not a bad thing from the frenchiies perspective but hardly a european counter-balance.

[BlightyBoy]

Why would you assume that?

I thought they were aswell, given that we liberated most of their asses at the end of WWII.

Still, I guess this means that France will have to revert to "illegally" selling arms to aggressors, rather than opting out of NATO to legally sell arms to aggressors.

[expat]

I didn't know they had gone either.

I just assumed that all EU members were automatically part of NATO.

Why would you assume that?

[AlfredJPruffock]

It looks like France are being urged to rejoin NATO?

A sad day for La France.

Their absence from NATO provided a counter-balance from the European perspective.

[Ruprect]

And eat escargot et ail at least once per week.

Stripey t-shirts and berets?

[Pickle2]

Or maybe they know something that we dont about the upcomming plans to drag the western economies out of depression.

[ace00]

I've heard part of the agreement is that all NATO signed up countries have got to speak French in 5 years as their main language.

And eat escargot et ail at least once per week.

[bodnobal]

I've heard part of the agreement is that all NATO signed up countries have got to speak French in 5 years as their main language.

[Board Game Geek]

I didn't know they had gone either.

I just assumed that all EU members were automatically part of NATO.

[OwlHoot]

Maybe they're hoping the Yanks will give them a bailout in return, or it's some deal along those lines.

[thelace]

Didn't know they'd gone

Didn't miss them....

[Turion]

It looks like France are being urged to rejoin NATO?

are politely asking to be allowed

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced his country is to return to Nato's military command, reversing four decades of self-imposed exile.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7937666.stm

[Churchill]

It looks like France are being urged to rejoin NATO?