Nicolas Flamel's situation was rather unusual. As Dumbledore's friend, although he lived in seclusion in England, by origin he was a genuine French wizard.
When Madame Maxime invited Wizet, she had revealed some secrets to him;
They concerned the predicament facing the French wizarding world and Beauxbatons School of Magic, as well as why Nicolas Flamel had ultimately chosen to live in seclusion in England.
As an outstanding Beauxbatons alumnus, Nicolas Flamel had always cared about his alma mater and provided it with substantial donations every year.
Thanks precisely to his generosity, Beauxbatons had been able to maintain the castle's grandeur, even arranging for students to watch the Quidditch World Cup and hiring specialists to maintain the castle.
Yet such a generous French wizard had been ostracized from many sides within the French wizarding world for trying to drive reform, ultimately choosing to leave his homeland.
The facts proved that Nicolas Flamel's concerns had been correct. The bitter consequences of failing to reform were now being swallowed by the French wizarding world itself.
At the heart of their predicament lay alchemy and magical artifacts, two industries they took great pride in, which were suffering the tremendous impact of Muggle industrialization.
Without external pressure like the "Wizarding World War," compounded by Nicolas Flamel's departure and the failure to establish Universal Brooms Ltd., they had fallen into the embarrassing position of stagnating in complacency.
French wizards such as Madame Maxime had already realized that change was necessary, yet they did not know what to do.
The outbreak of the "Paris Region Incident" had provided precisely such an unprecedented and sufficiently powerful external stimulus. As the International Statute of Secrecy teetered on the brink, it allowed the French wizarding world to glimpse the dawn of change.
Therefore, the French Ministry of Magic's nomination