AHC: Balkanized France

Didn't work with Iraq.

That was their own population. The international community tends to look the other way when that happens.

In our timeline, Germany would have probably been split apart if the West wasn't afraid of Russia. If you have France start two or three world wars, then people might feel it needs to be broken apart to stop it again.
 
Didn't work with Iraq.
Iraq used them on Iraqi civilians, if France used chemical weapons on German, or Russian, or Chinese, or Indian or what have you civilians of a great power the hate would be there

Not to mention of course that given the attiudes of the US at the time, and the lack of a prior history of enmity, and the miniscule threat posed by Iraq balkanizing them would not really help long term and is outweighed by geopolitical circmstances

That does not necessarily apply in this case

Of course being forcibly balkanized by an outside power is a very, very unlikely chance, it's easy to do from a writing perspective but not very plausible, there are lots more likely outcomes from any conceivable POD and butterflies

Still it's pretty much the most plausible way to balkanize France with this POD and no ASB's
 
Look like the OP hate France.

I think the OP is just curious, what a role reversal would be like. IMHO a HRE like France, not the worst, but could be better. Alternatively France more like how it was under the early Capetians (before Philip August). :)
 
No need of AH, OTL France IS balkanized.
With a foreign entity, the Bundesbank (through its proxy the ECB) dictating its economic policy -which in turns essentially determine political and social choices, all claims of democracy notwithstanding.
With a foreign authority, the EC, enforcing a new model of economy and society alien to French tradition and culture, to fulfill the objectives of the WTO.
With more and more of the profitable parts of French economy in the hands of foreign shareholders, China and Qatar being just the latest vultures snatching off juicy morsels.
With French territory now divided in 20-so banana republics where local potentates can freely redistribute taxpayers' money to their clientele.

Now, except (perhaps?) for the last part, the case is not unique among Continental members of the EU.
 
No need of AH, OTL France IS balkanized.
With a foreign entity, the Bundesbank (through its proxy the ECB) dictating its economic policy -which in turns essentially determine political and social choices, all claims of democracy notwithstanding.
With a foreign authority, the EC, enforcing a new model of economy and society alien to French tradition and culture, to fulfill the objectives of the WTO.
With more and more of the profitable parts of French economy in the hands of foreign shareholders, China and Qatar being just the latest vultures snatching off juicy morsels.
With French territory now divided in 20-so banana republics where local potentates can freely redistribute taxpayers' money to their clientele.

Now, except (perhaps?) for the last part, the case is not unique among Continental members of the EU.
Ehm, Political chat is over there -->
 
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