# France joins Brussels Treaty (1948)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1948-france-joins-brussels-treaty
Location: Western Europe

France participated in a western European security arrangement preceding NATO. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Vincent Auriol (President of the French Republic). France joins Brussels Treaty mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
France joins Brussels Treaty mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Vincent Auriol](https://history-france.com/rulers/vincent-auriol)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — France joins Brussels Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=France+joins+Brussels+Treaty&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — France joins Brussels Treaty](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=France+joins+Brussels+Treaty)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)