I can only assume France has received under the table assurances from EASA and EU officials that this whole thing is no more than a charade to drive the FAA to sign a BASA covering a pile of airline related matters, and will be dropped regardless at the end. Everything I hear from the EU, and what I have heard from a top EASA official, points to such a policy.
Of course if you heard it, then you can be damn sure that the FAA and US government have heard it too, which means that the threat that EASA is making is nullified and this is a pointless exercise.
A thread is of no use, unless the other party believes that you intend to carry it out.