Not that I doubt you, but where did you hear this? AKAIK, akmost every property ex-US was at the 8000 point level - I find it hard to believe that a)only Paris and Nice complained, and b)their complaints were enough to change the whole structure.
Which one was that?

Looking today, I see the Comfort Hotel Galaxie is listed as 8000 points until the end of November, and goes up to 16,000 after that. Most of the rest are at the 25,000 point level and have been for some time.

The Quality Suites Nice La Malmaison is scheduled to drop to 8000 on Dec 1 - maybe that was the one you meant.

I was going to do a dummy review on the Quality Hotel Carlton Beaulieu because, though we didn't stay there, I was able to walk past it and check it out, and even got a quick peek at the rooms. That place is awesome! Four stars and literally 5 minutes from the beach. At 8000 points/night it would have been the deal of the century - however, rooms are available there from E65/night, so one might be better off paying than dumping 25K points. I'd really like to spend some time there - we spent a week in Beaulieu sur Mer and it's one of the hidden gems on the Riviera.

BTW, the Galaxie got a decent review in the property review thread here.