Too hesitant when it comes to discussions on nuclear disarmament and too assertive concerning deterrence, France takes a line that could distance it from its European partners and isolate it in the wider world. The main themes that came up during the latest NPT Review Conference and the nuclear line of greatest slope taken by most of the European NATO countries showed the risks for our country of playing a game that is both too exclusive at the diplomatic level and not forward-looking enough on a strategic plane.