https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#E... For Paris, specifical

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#E... For Paris, specifically: The Press Law of 1881, as amended, guarantees freedom of the press, subject to several exceptions. The Pleven Act of 1972 (after Justice Minister René Pleven) prohibits incitement to hatred, discrimination, slander and racial insults.[138][139] The Gayssot Act of 1990 prohibits any racist, anti-Semite, or xenophobic activities, including Holocaust denial.[139] The Law of 30 December 2004 prohibits hatred against people because of their gender, sexual orientation, or disability.[140] An addition to the Public Health Code was passed on 31 December 1970, which punishes the "positive presentation of drugs" and the "incitement to their consumption" with up to five years in prison and fines up to €76,000. Newspapers such as Libération, Charlie Hebdo and associations, political parties, and various publications criticizing the current drug laws and advocating drug reform in France have been repeatedly hit with heavy fines based on this law.