This month of 1962 when every part modified between De Gaulle and Adenauer | EUROtoday

” Lhe Franco-German nuclear couple lasted six months. »Frédéric FOGACCI, specialist in V^e Republic, traces with precision this year 1962 when the current European nuclear system has been set up. “As early as 1949, De Gaulle did not believe in the American umbrella. He already speaks of an alliance without an American intermediary between Germans and Gauls. Rone to power in 1958, he tried, with the Fouchet plan of 1960, to oust European defense NATO. A failure. The most Atlantic countries, the Benelux in particular, reject this initiative.