# France and NATO

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-nato/737705>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 16, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-nato/737705 "2015-11-16T16:15:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-nato/737705/21 "2015-11-18T01:15:45Z")

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> [@XT](#):
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> Which time? 😛 They were one of the founding members so they joined in, IIRC, 1948. They left the alliance in 1966 and rejoined in 2008 or 2009 and are now a full member again.

The French never actually left NATO; they withdrew from the integrated military command in 1966 under de Gaulle and rejoined it in 2009 under Sarkozy.

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