[AntiGuv]

Yep, that's essentially true. They're signatories to the NATO charter mutual-defense pact but withdrew from the integrated command structure four decades ago.

[RoughDobermann]

Thanks. So why exactly do they still want to be (or allowed to be) part of a MILITARY alliance?

[Dog Gone]

They're signatories to the NATO charter mutual-defense pact but withdrew from the integrated command structure four decades ago.

France rejoined in the 1990s. For what it's worth today...