In the case of the French it's worth noting that they hate us even more than we hate them, and it has always been thus.
After the French fought against us in the Falkland war whilst pretending on the other hand to be allies, by helping the Argies with the Exocet missiles they'ed sold them. The defence minster, Sir John Knott said during an enquiry:
"We asked Mitterrand not to give assistance to the Argentinians. If you're asking me: 'Are the French duplicitous people?' the answer is: 'Of course they are, and they always have been.'"
Personally I'd go further, I'd go as far as to say that without exception, the French are by and large, c***s, the Germans are not much better.
Look, don't take my word for it, dig out your history books, read them.