France continues being simplisme. I've heard this other places, I can't remember where though. If the US set up a NAFTA-like agreement with the New Europe countries, the EU as a whole, and Germany and France in particular, would not attain their stated goal of an economic powerhouse to rival the US. The EU would eventually implode due to limited markets that they could compete within. Imagine if we could open up all of eastern Europe to our products through such an agreement.