No I agree that France might have come across as trying to be the spokesperson for the EU when they don't have the right to do so. But that is something that must be regulated within the EU.

On the other hand each country is free to have whatever internal/external policy it desires. There are always consequences no matter the choice, so France is taking a chance by being a bit more anti-Semitic than other countries are [outspokenly].

As for the survey... the link is somewhere in Cosmos, that's where I read about it. The original survey link is in that thread too.