
You are making some hahaha, rofl joke and all. But it’s a matter of influence power. France has a decisive input in climate policy. New laws and regulations locally can compel neighborss, they can wager at the european level to make united move toward more ecological stances (like the current ban on new petrol car being sold after 2035). Europe is such a wide market that regulation applying there can shift entire industries
One could argue that so called “traditions” they are holding so much dearly in their heart never was fully a thing and is just the product of past idealizations and marketing propaganda. “The perfect suburban american trad family” from the 60s is a construct made by marketing people to sell fridges, diamond and beautiful car.