Whereas the UK...
Heehee! ;)
France only THINKS she's in the middle; the middle--by any measure, geographic, population, economy, is probably in Poland or Austria.
France thinks nothing - Jérôme does. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Of come on. Southwestern even if we only consider the EU. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.