And from the point of view of a pro-European, it seems to me highly desirable that France stand up and lead the struggle to redefine the whole small-p project. It might still be possible to reach a positive outcome, but it's hard to see that happening without a change in French attitudes.

Less flippantly, your framing is wrong, because it fails to consider the baseline. If France pulls the plug on the Eurozone, the chances of the EU surviving increase as a consequence.

Because the chances of the EU surviving under business-as-usual are, eh, bad.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.