Actually, the French still don't have a firm contract in hand, from India. Would have been better if they had supplied PAF what it wanted, in those 6-8 years that it took India to get the (still pending) contract.
It is the arrogance and greed on the French side. Everyone I know that has visited Le Bourget smells that. There is no wonder that no one is really interested in French products. Even Alan Warnes wrote about it.
The Indians either showed interest in everything the Pakistani wanted to buy or just threatened the seller. I think the Rafale is a nice plane but stealth has been more important so PakFa is their real interest and maybe the Rafale deal is an empty bucket. Just played to stop Pakistan getting French avionics. It is filled with impossible logic that The Indians will produce it and France is the one that is to be blamed if something is not good.