This:
France is historically a schizophrenic place veering between good old school Nationalism ( free French and now the FN and Le Pen ) v delusional superiority complex which sees itself as a wannabee ruling power across Europe with whichever allies it can find
could equally validly be said as this:
Britain is historically a schizophrenic place veering between good old school Nationalism v delusional superiority complex which sees itself as a wannabee ruling power across Europe with whichever allies it can find .
Although if this thread is anything to go by the old school Nationalism is far more prevalent on the northern shores of the Channel than the southern.