I was under the impression that Bush signed a document that caused the US to drop contracts with France about just over two years ago.... There has already been a decrease in cooperation with French companies and this impacted several US-British-French projects. Telling the Paris media this can only mean that the rest of Europe will finally get the same status as the French:)
One would think so...
Remember, though, that one of the Rats has a wife who is a lobbyist for European aviation concerns...