Hmmm, I think similar amounts of venom are spent on those, but also on Germany and other places whenever economic news seemingly favourable to the ideology come up. You may find Jérôme's fervour amusing nationalist self-overestimation from Ireland, but I'm familiar with the steadfast drippling of venom via the media and international fora he's angry about, and think he may only over-emphasize how much of it France gets. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Probably because the banks had the junior role in the partnership. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes