But that goal looks harder to reach now than it did before the beginning of the European crisis. By attacking Britain and seeking to increase British borrowing costs, France is only creating more conflict between itself and Britain, while creating more tensions within Europe as a whole.
对法国人来说，成立欧洲政治联盟是一条增强法国在世界以及欧洲内部作用的好办法。但欧洲危机爆发后，这一目标实现起来更加困难了。法国攻击英国、试图增加英国借贷成本的行为只能增加其自身和英国之间的冲突，同时也在欧洲整体之内创造了更多的冲突。