As with a whole lot of things in history, it's Complicated, and not nearly as simple as such a description of events makes it look. More can always be said on the matter of France's interesting situation during that period; for the meantime, we do have some previous posts that cover the same territory. u/MySkinsRedditAcct has two posts on this matter. The post linked here is an intro to a fuller answer that they then link to in that thread; it's worth reading on its own, plus there's some discussion there that may be of interest.