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  French gov't faces no confidence vote over NATO
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News DateTuesday, March 17, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government faces a no-confidence vote in parliament Tuesday prompted by its plans to rejoin NATO's military command, a move that lawmakers on the left and right fear would compromise France's independence.

The conservative government is nearly certain to survive the vote, but the proposal of tighter ties with NATO has ignited political tensions in a country that has long taken pride in setting its own diplomatic and defense direction.

Defense Minister Herve Morin, in an interview with The Associated Press, insisted that France would retain its independence while gaining a greater say in NATO — including about such touchy topics as expanding the alliance to Russia's backyard, a prospect France opposes.

Morin said before the no-confidence vote that any expansion of the alliance "cannot be decided without talking to our Russian neighbor."

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