> France is no longer a democratic country "Democratic" and "liberal" are not synonyms. They often go together, but they don't have to: there is indeed such a

> France is no longer a democratic country "Democratic" and "liberal" are not synonyms. They often go together, but they don't have to: there is indeed such a thing as an "illiberal democracy" [0], and a bunch of them exist already (e.g. Singapore, Russia). France is still democratic, though it's taken a serious turn towards illiberal recently. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiberal_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiberal_democracy