And it was only yesterday that Macron proposed a European Standing Army strong enough to take on Russia or the United States.
http://www.newser.com/story/266932/macron-calls-for-european-army-to-counter-us-russia.html
Somehow the though of cheese eating surrender monkeys talking about taking us on goes contrary to thinking of them as Allies.
I suspect the two stories are connected.
Those who have referred to the EU as Germany’s Fourth Reich may not be too very far off the mark.