it's indeed available for some time in France already
Here are some exemples:
Fnac (offline + online) - Available since December, 19th
GameCash (offline + online) - Available since December, 19th
Auchan (offline) - Available since December, 19th
Boulanger (offline + online) - Available on December, 23rd
Amazon.fr (online) - Available on December, 24th
and many other retailers...
But great news for UK players too!
Prediction: End of 2015 Hardware sales (as of January 20, 2015)
Wii U: 12.1M | XBO: 19.8M | PS4: 36.0M | 3DS: 58.5M | PSV: 11.7M