Iām just back from France. My conclusion: France is a great nation that has been cursed with leaders who would rather France be a Great Power. I also think French President Jacques Chirac believed a politically unified Europe ā dominated by a Franco-German entente ā was the surest means to this end (and a lot less stressful than the path Napoleon attempted). But the plot has failed thanks to French voters
My Scripps Howard column is here.