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... Treaty of Paris. Finally the French, under Napoleon III emerged as a political force in Europe. Napoleon's foreign policy was based upon finding a stroke of international prestige (support either national or liberal cause in Europe). On top of all this, the Piedmontese having sent 18,000 troops to fight in the Crimean war, were given a seat at the Paris seat conference-in spite of Austrian objections. The presence of Piedmont at the Congress was in itself recognition of her new international status. Cavour carefully manipulated the great powers into believing that only a strong Italy could defend the world from the feared aspirations Napoleon III. In essence, it was fear of a democratic revolution, the need to weaken Austria, and England's desire to set up a strong Italian state as a counterweight to French influence that induced the European powers to assist the Piedmontese monarchy in convert Italy into a ...