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Ok, I thought that there was a special relationship involving France and NATO, as in, they weren't required to participate in joint NATO defence operations while they remained a key player in nuclear weapon defence for Europe as part of NATO.
It sounds like I am mixing something up here...
Basically the opposite way round:
Wikipedia - NATO - Special arrangements
They left the joint military command for a while, but not NATO itself.
EDIT: They rejoined the joint command in 2009.