Nicolas Flamel's circumstances were rather special. As a close friend of Dumbledore's, he lived in seclusion in England, but if one traced his affiliation, he was a genuine French wizard.
When Madame Maxime invited Vizet, she had revealed certain secrets to him;
They concerned the French Magical World, the predicament facing Beauxbatons Magic School, and why Nicolas Flamel had ultimately chosen to live in seclusion in England.
As an outstanding alumnus of Beauxbatons, Nicolas Flamel had always cared about his alma mater and provided large donations every year.
It was thanks to his generosity that Beauxbatons had been able to maintain the grandeur of its castle, even organizing for students to watch the Quidditch World Cup and hiring specialists to maintain the castle.
Yet such a generous French wizard had been ostracized by various sides within the French Magical World because he had tried to push for reform, and in the end he had chosen to leave for a foreign land.
Facts proved that Nicolas Flamel's concerns had been correct. The bitter fruit brought about by the failure to reform was now being swallowed by the French Magical World itself.
The core of the predicament they faced lay in Alchemy and Magical Artifacts. These two industries, in which they had taken pride, were suffering an enormous impact from Muggle industrialization.
Without an external stimulus like the "Wizarding World War," coupled with Nicolas Flamel's departure and the failure of Cosmos Broom Co., Ltd., they had fallen into the awkward situation of clinging stubbornly to old ways.
French wizards such as Madame Maxime had already realized that change was necessary, yet they did not know what they should do.
The outbreak of the "Paris Region Incident" happened to provide just such an unprecedented, sufficiently powerful external stimulus. With the Statute of Secrecy