[quote=So Boerd]
Pretty much we don't, actually.[/QUOTE]
Italy might disagree with you. Plus, you'd easily be jumpstarting your own colonial program by a couple decades by taking French port cities and islands.

Not sure why we even have to pretend. It's glaringly obvious that most of us have things to gain from each other here.

[quote=So Boerd]We have so much more to gain from UK and the Asian Pinyadas.
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You could do both. End the war with Britain and then declare on France. Again, divide and conquer.