[madink]

If the german try to push the French in the futur a bit to openly they will be blood on the wall. The ghost of ww2 is still there, we (the french) will go the absolute extreme measure if it look like we are threaten by germany (nukes + French Far Right = not good). So all of this need to be hidden to the public eye. And usually it is . But greece did not get that decency.

[junto]

The hint is there in the article. The French know that Germany in gunning for them:

   “Only the French minister [Michel Sapin] made noises that
   were different from the German line, and those noises were 
   very subtle. You could sense he had to use very judicious 
   language, to be seen not to oppose. And in the final 
   analysis, when Dr Schäuble responded and effectively 
   determined the official line, the French minister would 
   always fold.”