Few state visits have lasting results. Nicolas Sarkozy’s just completed trip to Washington may be an exception, because the French President may be preparing to bring NATO a highly valued present for its 60th anniversary in the spring of 2009: France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure, from which Charles de Gaulle withdrew in 1966.
巴黎—很少有国事访问能产生持久的成效。而萨科齐对华盛顿刚刚进行的访问可能是个例外。因为这位法国总统可能正准备为北约在2009年春的60周年诞辰献上一份厚礼：法国将重返北约统一军事架构。在1966年戴高乐执政时期法国退出了北约。