Charles Joseph Edmond de Bois-le-Comte's reports on the Principalities of Moldova and the Wallachia

Despite France's low interest in the Romanian people, the ties between the two peoples expanded in the first half of the 19th century. Before that, the consular activity was limited to unimportant reports, which targeted different abuses of the administration, without reference to the political conditions of Moldova and Wallachia. After 1830 and especially after the Treaty of Adrianople, when Turkish control over trade on the Danube is removed, France and the other European states begin to show a greater interest towards the Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia. The crisis of the Ottoman Empire increased this interest of France.
Although the French were not interested in the problems of the Principalities, in the mid-nineteenth century, an image of Moldova and Wallachia began to emerge in France. This image was especially drawn in the diplomatic and scientific circles due to the great influx of information regarding the Romanians.

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