Insight: What ever happened to France’s voice in Europe?

By way of Luke Baker and Mark John BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – A couple of hours after midnight one Sunday last month, as negotiations over a rescue for Cyprus dragged right into a 2nd day, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici fell asleep. Most euro zone ministers in Brussels that night time failed to notice, continuing to pore over the details of the multi-billion-euro deal. It fell to Christine Lagarde, French director of the Global Monetary Fund, to means Moscovici and nudge him wakeful, in line with witnesses on the March 24 talks. …