not good..
personally i won't regard anything France decides as materially important to Bitcoin.  everyone knows they are the ones in the most trouble regarding bad debt holdings of the PIGS.  everyone knows they are the most corrupt.  Jean Claude Tric
ket is the most corrupt CB next to Bernanke.  i think most ppl wouldn't mind seeing the French banks implode on themselves too.  they'd deserve it those arrogant bastards.  
of course they're gonna to categorize Bitcoin the way they want to in an attempt to illegitimize it.  what would you expect?
Mark has also shown a resiliency way beyond the avg developer.  i don't think he'd close mtgox even if Bitcoin was deemed a currency.  he won't quit until they come crashing down the doors and make him quit.   thats how much he believes in Bitcoin.  
i hope they do categorize Bitcoin as a currency b/c thats how i view it also.  this is what we want after all.  a competing, legitmate, unmanipulated, new digital currency that will take out the banks.
besides, even if mtgox goes down it won't stop Bitcoin.