France and Germany want to split NATO and give the impression that they want an EDF. But being the good socialists that they are, they will not ever find the money to fund an EDF unless they only pay an equal percentage as other EU members. Besides, the high Euro and unemployment coupled with reeling exports and a massive economic slowdown makes it impossible to even fund these two welfare states' pensions, medical outlays and payments to those not currently working:) France and Germany, along with Belgium (I live in Belgium) is totally bankrupted and higher oil prices will finish them off by year's end - look for conservative wins at the polls.
There it is once again : the countries that are REALLY after Saddam's oil (though I don't see how freeing Iraqi oil resources to free market influence could raise oil prices) IMO, they give Saddam what he wants, and Saddam promises (via oil contracts) x-number of barrels guaranteed Iraqi oil for so many years.