Talk:France#Clarification on Occitania requested: Vandalism or Classification sharpening.3F

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International borders

France also shares a border with the Netherlands on the island of Saint Martin / Sint Maarten. Saint Martin is part of France, and Sint Maarten is part of the Netherlands.

[12 April 2025]

International organizations

Add in the intro that it is among the funding members of the Council of Europe, first European international organization (since 1949) Hitiste2023 (talk) 06:02, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

:Talk:Germany#International organizations/Paneuropeism Moxy🍁 06:08, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

why isn't "(french)" appearing anymore near "République française"

all is said in the title 94.140.177.7 (talk) 19:30, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

:Someone changed the template to a simpler one. Probably because another statement of the official/primary language is redundant, and wastes more space and reader attention. Remsense ‥  20:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

::In the meantime, it doesn't say anywhere that it's in French... 94.140.177.7 (talk) 22:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

:::It states below, along with corroborating evidence throughout the article, that the official language of the country is French. It is difficult for me to imagine coming away with any other idea of what language the native name is in. To me, it is not meaningfully unclear, deceptive, or coy about anything, merely less cluttered and more efficient. Remsense ‥  22:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2025

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There is a . inside the redirecting link in two places on this page. They should be moved outside the brackets and therefore redirection for consistency.

"Some examples of the most valuable French companies include LVMH, L'Oréal and Sociéte Générale."

In 'Sociéte Générale.', the dot should be moved outside of the x brackets. It is also present in the line 'many foreign Roma are expelled back to Bulgaria and Romania frequently.'

This is mostly cosmetic but noticeable. AT.folf (talk) 09:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

: {{done}}. Mathglot (talk) 10:28, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Add authoritarian government to the government section

France sentenced Marine Le Pen to 4 years in prison and a 5-year political ban. The imprisonment of an opposition leader makes a country authoritarian, so the government section should say authoritarian government. 37.155.74.239 (talk) 15:56, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

:This is the second time in a week I've seen someone use this talk page to act out a grievance over a situation taking place on the talk page of another country article while leaving readers here in the dark as to the context. First it was Mauritius, now it's Turkey. An IP (37.155.78.254) in the same small IP range posted [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Turkey&curid=79992&diff=1286201182&oldid=1286094422 this] at Talk:Turkey to object to that article's description of Turkey's government as "authoritarian". That user and one registered user expressing the same complaint were rebuffed with explanations seated in what reliable sources have to say about that country's style of governance. The user seems to be ignoring all of that and misrepresenting other editors' position as being that the Turkish government is authoritarian because of, and only because of, the arrest of Erdogan's opponent in the upcoming election. So the post above, based on that mistaken premise, amounts to acting out that if Turkey's government is being called "authoritarian", then so is every country where a politician is convicted of crime, regardless of whether or not they actually committed a crime. Largoplazo (talk) 16:32, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

::Cope harder bro. Both Le Pen and Imamoglu are guilty, but from a western perspective, punishing Imamoglu is anti-democratic and dictatorial, while punishing Le Pen or banning the opposition leader from the elections in Romania is very well-justified and democratic. LMAO. Putin is preparing to invade Europe in the near future, and you are still unfairly slandering Türkiye on Wikipedia, Twitter, Instagram and the mainstream media in general. I guess you would say "but democracy, but human rights" to stop Putin's armies. 37.155.75.159 (talk) 15:28, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Political rants and scattershot trolling are off-topic here. Largoplazo (talk) 15:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

ifop is not a reliable source

A survey from the institue IFOP is cited to show that most of the french population agrees that full face covering hijabs should be banned in public. However, this institute is known for methodological weaknesses and biased positions, as shown in a Monde article called "

Dans la fabrique opaque des sondages" writted by Luc Bronner, citing a book from the doctor in statistics Michel Lejeune who analyzed the methods of opinions institutes in "La singulière fabrique des sondages d’opinion". The survey was conducted online and the sample was small, only 1000 people were interrogated (https://www.ifop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2195-1-study_file.pdf) The survey was also payed for by a newspaper (Ouest-France) whose editorial line is openely Christian and right-wing leaning. AxLsontjolies (talk) 13:53, 27 April 2025 (UTC)