Memories of the Nazi occupation were still strong, and the rearmament of Germany was feared by <answer>France</answer> too. On 30 August 1954 French Parliament rejected the EDC, thus ensuring its failure and blocking a major objective of US policy towards Europe: to associate Germany militarily with the West. The US Department of State started to elaborate alternatives: Germany would be invited to join NATO or, in the case of French obstructionism, strategies to circumvent a French veto would be implemented in order to obtain a German rearmament outside NATO.
Which NATO country feared a unified and rearmed Germany?
France