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Makes sense, they use "Julius" who is obviously Lelouch under Charles' geass to defeat the E.U. in their never ending conflict with the empire while making it look like the work of Schnitzel. Once that's done, they'll either dispose of him or another geass user releases him of his new identity. Either way, they then sent back to Japan to bait C.C. out of hiding.

That would explain why a country like France, the heart and spiritual centre of the E.U. would surrender despite its strong military power and political influence. The E.U. has been fighting against Britania for a long time and has tried to prevent them from expanding itself out of the Americas by engaging their forces in Africa and the Middle East. Thus, it would not make any sense for the alliance to have been beaten and semi-occupied in less than one year unless something drastic like a prodigy commander stepping in to break the balance.