French guy here.
Our government members are <i>totally not</i> looking to protect our liberties.
Since the terrorists attacks on Nov13, more than 2500 police raids, at any hour in day or night, have taken place. Most of the time, they found <i>nothing</i>. La Quadrature du Net, a frnech association for online civil rights, tried to list some of the abuse here : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.laquadrature.net&#x2F;%C3%89tat_urgence&#x2F;Recensement" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.laquadrature.net&#x2F;%C3%89tat_urgence&#x2F;Recensement</a> (link in french).
When our Assembly voted the extension of emergency state, our Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the Assembly &quot;We know this law does not conform to our constitution, but [the governement] asks you not to seize the Constitutional Coucil and vote it&quot;. Six people refused to vote it. Among them, 3 were members of prime minister&#x27;s party, and they have been publicly summoned to the party&#x27;s siege on december 16, just after the local elections, &quot;to explain themselves and receive intern sanctions&quot;.<p>France is no longer a democratic country, that&#x27;s why so many people voted for Marine LePen&#x27;s party last sunday. A lot of people are juste bored or frustrated by our politics, so they are seeking for some people able to change that. Even if that means electing a Nazi leader.