France could rejoin Nato command after 43 years

Top French officials are holding a high-level conference with European and US officials over president Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposal for France to rejoin Nato’s integrated military command after a 43-year absence.

Today’s discussion comes a week ahead of a no-confidence vote in the French parliament over the plan and three weeks before Nato meets in Strasbourg to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the alliance’s foundation.