if you count Turkey as “Europe”, yes they are by far the biggest. But Italy and the Brits pale in comparison, quantitatively AND qualitatively. The UK has nothing like the combat power of France. Fewer tanks, arty tubes, ammo, you name it.
The Brits are the weakest they have been in the modern era.
The French have pretty much been in quiet but continuous combat operations in Africa for decades. Italy, dream on.
The French Army pretty much dominates what we think of as Europe. No, they aren’t Russia or Turkey. But they are not the weak military people pretend. Not even close.
The French Army pretty much dominates what we think of as Europe.
The French, UK, Italy, etc. pretty much dominate nothing in Europe. Their limited sphere of domination has been in Africa and the Middle East. The U.S./NATO militarily dominate within the western sphere of Europe. The U.S. dominates NATO.
Western European nations are relatively small, with France being large in comparison to them. In other camparison, France is smaller than Texas. Russia is twice the size of the U.S. China is about the size of the U.S. India is about half the size of the U.S. Pakistan is about the size of France and the UK combined. Turkey is about 1.4 times the size of France.
The area of Europe minus Russia is 6.3 million square kilometres or 2/3 of the US or slightly less than twice the size of India. The EU covers 4 million sq km, the U.S. is a little over 9 million sq km. Among global powers, the EU is small.