They were bought off, and now have the guts to pose as statesman
Saddam made France his sock puppet years ago, and Belgium, except for Raoul, can go to hell on this issue. Germany is just pretending to be all fuzzy until it gets a big hammer over the rest of Europe.
For France and Germany to be sitting around trying to decide the fate of Euro policy when members of Euro are in Iraq already is to allow the old style of Europe to shine its tarnished worst.
Cowardice and avarice seem to suit France particularly well, however.
Ed