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Besides which - what is Macron going to do if half the board of BNP Paribas is arrested when they land on US soil for sanctions busting? Invade?

This seems like a very good way for the Europeans to learn how much of the international financial system relies on American goodwill to work as planned.

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While we're considering hilarious and entirely unrealistic moves by those in power: Ask Germany (who's also part of the project) to round up Ramstein Air Base?

Exactly.

If France was the dominant world power we would be transacting in euros or francs and they would get to decide who was in the club. Until then ...

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