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France has fallen into the category of flawed democracies, according to the latest index from The Economist. In a context of restrictions linked to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 13th edition of the Global Democracy Index concludes there has been a marked decline in freedoms in 70 percent of the countries of the world.