Originally Posted by Chris

France has never been in favour European integration. France has only ever been in favour of what's best for France. For the past 50 years or more, 'what's best for France' consists of running the EU, whilst making it look as if Germany, or some unelected idiot in Brussels, is actually doing it.

Sadly for France the wheels are coming off that wagon rather spectacularly now ... With the euro imploding it is increasingly obvious that it really is Germany, and only Germany, that has the economic and political ability to solve the problem.