>>This awakens my curiosity. In these six years of France-bashing, nobody had the imagination to call them non-democratic because their presidential term is seven years. The guys have got a free pass for no good reason... except that they switched from 7 to 5 years in 2002. But then, I'm still amazed that nobody had the presence of mind to call 7 years of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and 14 years of François Mitterand what they were - pure antidemocratic dictatorship.
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>Six years of France bashing? I haven't heard anyone bash France in years...Who are you hanging around with? :o)

You mean they stopped? Nobody told me :).