The problem with that is that if it happens anywhere outside of France, everyone will just roll their eyes, agree that of course they suspected this was happeni

The problem with that is that if it happens anywhere outside of France, everyone will just roll their eyes, agree that of course they suspected this was happening, the leak just confirms it and life will carry on as normal... Meanwhile, in France there would be riots in the streets, ports would be blocked by truckers and the wheels would fall off everything - which is par for the course when anyone upsets the French :P