France is an overly centralised, poorly governed basketcase at present, but I'm far more of a Francophile than a Teuton-admirer
Germany I both prefer the German de-centralism and my experience with Germans on a personal level have been more positive than my experiences with the French (or rather to be fair with Parisians).
Never judge a nation on the inhabitants of its capital, they're almost inevitably elitist weirdos (and this is coming from a Londoner)
The inhabitants of a nations capital say a lot about the different European states even if people in capitals tend to be douchey than most people in a state, and in the French case it's not pretty (through I don't necessary have a worse impression of the French than the English or some other European states).
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