Resentment of France is growing in Eastern Europe where French policies are perceived to be anti-American and undermining the European Union's cohesion. Diplomats describe the mood as "Francophobia" and attribute it to various statements by French President Jacques Chirac and to the rejection by French voters of the proposed European constitution. According to one assessment, "The vast majority of people in Eastern and Central Europe is highly critical of French diplomacy. They consider the United States to be the big winner of the Cold War and the most influential power in the world." "We tend to blame the French for...