I don't think the US stance on limiting LNG export for its own security is a valid defense. Europe/France/Germany made many mistakes before that by shutting off generation plants before having secured long term resources.
The French military will likely continue to be bogged down in Africa, given that the situation there is pretty dire and French vital interests are threatened.
The French betrayed Czechoslovakia in 1938, then got steamrolled by the Wehrmacht themselves, and their credibility in Central and Eastern Europe has been shot ever since.
Yes, not yet, except Macron.
"long the way regarding energy security."
Germany is switching to US LNG as fast as it can just for the US to signal it will no longer support LNG in Europe. This kind of energy security? [0]
[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-lng-export-pause-...