Jonkil thanks for the francoflyers link.
I especially liked "remise de gaz" (putting the gas back on) for "go around".
The Gorilla's post quotes some ICAO stuff requiring French Language proficiency to be "demonstrated".
Does this mean a test and some stamp in the licence, or is the ability to speak French and understand and use the crib sheet enough, as as been suggested here?
In France there is usually enormous tolerance toward those whose "face fits", but if they wanted to throw the book at you for some reason, what is the requirement?