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When France sneezes the rest of the Europe cathes a cold who said this and why |
| Answer» Metternick remarked, ‘When France sneeze,the rest of Europe catches cold’.(i) The revolutionary spirit spread all over Europe only after the French Revolutiontook place in 1789. The ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity gained popularityamong people all over Europe.(ii) Educated people especially got attracted to these ideas.(iii) The political upheaval in France that took place in July 1830 sparkedrevolutions in places like Brussels which led to Belgium breaking away fromthe United Kingdom of the Netherlands.(iv) In this way we see that France was one of the most important countries ofEurope. It spread awareness among the people of Europe.(v) It set values and standards for the entire continent. Other countries of thecontinent just followed what France did. | |