"The Bonaparte Clan is indeed as greedy as ever!"
The word "conditional" evoked a genuine disgust in Franz Joseph.
If the aversion towards King Frederick William IV was due only to Prussia and Austria's unequal interests in Germany, then the repulsion towards the Bonaparte Clan stemmed from emotional [there were always rumors in the Habsburg family about Empress Dowager Sophie having an affair with the King of Rome] to principles of legitimacy [the Bonaparte Clan was considered a shameful usurper by the Habsburgs].
For a monarch as conservatively religious as Franz Joseph, the French Republic was undoubtedly a challenge to the traditional dynasties.
If it weren't for the Austrian Empire itself being challenged by the Kingdom of Prussia and having no energy to deal with other issues, Franz Joseph would have surely crusaded against the French Republic.
