English threads are 34.8mm, French are 35mm, so all you've really done is put a slightly smaller bolt in a bigger hole, and probably buggered up the threads a bit. But remember, it's a little small and that may make it come loose more easily. But what you've done has been done by others - and has been reported to "work".
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