This is a brief translation of what Claude Imbert, famous journalist with French "Le Point" had to say in his "Et pourtant, it tourne !" editorial a couple of weeks ago :
1 - The US is busy fighting the "axis of evil", and is ready to fight the whole world in order to complete its mission, in what is regarded as another form of nazism.
2 - The US forms a strategic alliance with Russia to confront the rising Chinese monster.
3 - Europe should get united headed by the old French-German couple.
4 - England and Italy should stop sticking to the US and unite with the rest of Europe because only that unity could give Europe its well deserved international power.
5 - France with its historical ties with the Islamic world (especially in North Africa) could succeed in what the US has failed to achieve : Deal with the Islamic world, through assisting Islamic reformists.
In addition, Marie Bordet, another famous journalist with "Le Point", clearly favored a stronger Euro against the Dollar long before it happened. She sounded pretty organized and proud to state her reasons :
1 - Corporate Corruption in the US.
2 - 450 Billion Dollars deficit in the US Balance of payment.
3 - Lack of confidence in American Capitalism.
And yet, she was very careful not to declare victory, at least until European countries start showing some healthy GDP numbers, and their markets start heading up.