La France a des valeurs et des principes en Syrie, mais elle les oublie en Europe. On peut pas envoyer les Rafale pour punir la cinquième colonne bruxelloise, oder?
Yet German dominance during the Eurocrisis has depended above all on French compliance: active collaboration under Sarkozy, passive absence of opposition under Hollande. There is something anomalous about the neutralisation of France as an actor on the European stage and the brittle character of German hegemony must stem in part from it.