French reintegration into the military structures of NATO under
the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy represents a significant
qualitative shift in relations between France and the Alliance.
The author of the paper presents historical context of the
researched topic, identifies causes of this development,
analyses the adopted reintegration steps in the framework of
relevant historical events and summarises the impact of this
political adjustment on the relations between the Alliance and
France. An interesting part of the work constitutes the
analysis of important documents and speeches of key
representatives relevant to the analysed topic and their
further interpretation in the context of researched period.