Which way will France go?

With its growing power-base in Brussels, the EU is requiring more fiscal accountability from member-states (EU Observer, May 30, 2013).  But responding to Brussels’ directive to revise its pension system, France’s President Hollande commented, “The European Commission cannot dictate to us what we have to do.  It can simply say that France has to balance its public accounts, which is true” (ibid.).

This defiant response caused worry that “big EU countries will bully the commission, while smaller member states will have to obey” (ibid.).  In Germany, Christian Democratic Union party “deputy speaker Michael Fuchs noted:  ‘It [EU-level governance] can’t work when a big country like France says it can do what it wants’” (EU Observer, May 31, 2013).  “CDU deputy chairman Andreas Schockenhoff told German media that Hollande’s rejection of EU pension recommendations:  ‘contradicts the spirit and letter of European agreements and treaties’” (ibid.). 

But France’s position is contradictory.  For, a day after his other comments, President Hollande joined German Chancellor Merkel in together calling for a full-time eurozone president, while still making some concessions to France (ibid.). 

Bible prophecy has long foretold that Israelite-descended nations will face some form of national captivity under a coming German-led Beast power or King of the North (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28; Jeremiah 30:10; Amos 5:1-3; 6:6-8). Will France be part of the Beast power, or will it find itself on the outside with others of its Israelite brothers? Time will tell.

For more information on this topic, review The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy.