[tragic]

Besides which - what is Macron going to do if half the board of BNP Paribas is arrested when they land on US soil for sanctions busting? Invade?

This seems like a very good way for the Europeans to learn how much of the international financial system relies on American goodwill to work as planned.

[pgeorgi]

While we're considering hilarious and entirely unrealistic moves by those in power: Ask Germany (who's also part of the project) to round up Ramstein Air Base?

[chvid]

Exactly.

If France was the dominant world power we would be transacting in euros or francs and they would get to decide who was in the club. Until then ...