Just backs up what I've been saying for a while. However, there are still questions,, especially in France, about toll booths on the autoroutes but then again that has been an ongoing problem long before emv became an issue with many foreign cards, not just USA cards, in France. Also there are some questions about the automated parking garages where some have complained. But use of chip and signature cards is getting close to being able to say universally accepted.

Interesting about the sign at the SNCF station; especially the translation of the French which points out there is a €35 maximum and simply refers the machine as an "automate". In American English, an ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine and is primarily used to dispense cold hard cash. I think the person doing the translating refers to an ATM thinking it stands for Automated Ticketing Machine; we simply refer to it as a ticketing machine kiosk and there is no mention of the €35 limit. I couldn't tell you what the third version is (I think it's Spanish but it could be Italian) as I am not fluent in whatever language it is but it's probably pretty close to the French version.