@@SnowyButterfly1 i actually wanted to visit there one day but ofc borders are still closed like most countries will do.But for now ill save my money to go there someday.
In the same way, in 1999 or 2000 (I have a doubt for the date) the island of Anjouan seceded from the Comoros and asked France to take them so that they become a part of France like Mayotte next to them, but France refused.
@@franckheraut8365 Mayote is still in France because each island of the Comoros voted separately for or against their independance. But the Union of the Comoros they still claim Mayotte as part of their country as they think the total referendum result on the archipelago should have been considered.
I'm a french from the Caribbean islands. This ability to vote in french elections created a scandal in 2007. We have 6 hours of time difference. So the new french president (Sarkozy) had been announced in the media but people were still voting in the overseas departments. It's like our vote never mattered. Since this incident, the overseas departments are allowed to vote 1 day before France and people can see the scores of the overseas even before the election begins in France.
Fun fact: France is also home to the world’s longest domestic flight, between Paris and Reunion, taking more than 10 hours and traveling a distance greater than 5,000 miles. Even funner fact: Despite the vast majority of the British Empire being let go in the 20th century, its actually France that has the greatest number of territorial remnants of her old Empire among all former European colonial/imperial powers. France is one of only two nations that exists across all hemispheres and has territory in every single ocean. The only other being the UK
It's kinda bad that the British gave up their territories and France did not... like think about it, the fucking BRITISH gave up territories but France did not. Sus AF
Fun fact: in the back of the euro banknotes you can see a drawn map of the European union, and in this draw, you can find French Guiana too in the down left corner, and along with the French Guiana the are drawn a bunch of island too, which I suppose are the other french overseas territories
I live in Newfoundland. I'm so close to France that being fluent in French will pretty much guarantee you any customer service job you want because French citizens shop here often.
@@blanco7726 Yeah, but it's not as common to be bi/multilingual in Canada. Our language education sucks. I was "taught" French on a regular basis in school from ages 10-18 then voluntarily chose to take additional French classes in university. I am far from fluent.
@@JennaGetsCreative yeah just a multilingual culture I guess. If, however the fuck, you only speak one language in Luxembourg, you're weird, stupid and totally screwed.
@@yaltschuler That's because French people aren't perfectly fluent in English, so they just translate "un français" literally. The fact that "French" or "English" aren't nouns by themselves and have to be completed by "man" at the end is a confusing quirk of the English language.
Something worth mentioning : Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Réunion, French Guiana and Mayotte are French overseas regions/departments (ruled by the president), while the other are French overseas collectivities (basically they are somewhat independant, can be governed by local monarchs), plus New Caledonia having it's own status. No matter which territory you're born in, you're automatically a French citizen. All these territories decided through voting to stay French. Je suis Français, et fier de l'être.
Funfact: The first official euro purchase was one kilo of lychees on the French island of Reunion -- whose location in the Indian Ocean made it the first European territory to usher in the New Year and handle the euro.
@@blanco7726 you are absolutely right to point out that New Caledonia is closer to the dateline, in fact Wallis and Futuna are at GMT+12. However they are not a part of the eurozone, and use the pacific franc (XFP) which is pegged at a fixed rate with EUR.
Little France in India ! Today, Pondicherry still has a community of French people living in the city and French is also an official language. There are 6,500 French people registered in South India, and of these about 5,500 are in Pondicherry.
The tone implying that this is modern colonialism is inappropriate. The citizens living in these areas can vote, have full rights like any other French citizen and they have often voted to remain a part of France (+ some were not inhabited before France or the original inhabitants unfortunately died). Respecting people's will is the furthest from colonization you can get.
Giving people the right to vote in the "main" country alone is already a complete negation of the idea of being a colony, it would take a real dipshit or a propaganda-filled Anglo-Saxon to not see that.
Well... they set of 17 nukes in Algeria. The bombed ship with crew in New Zealand. Theyve set off over 100 nukes near islands in the sea. They have their own international french legion army, which officially french is not legally responsebile for their actions (if i remember correctly. So that gives a lot of room for humanrightsabuses). Everyone knows who actually controls them. It is like CIA. all know they are usa agency. But officially the usa government are not legally responsebile for their actions. And france have long history of inserting and controlling puppet regimeleaders. Or how about the illegal wars in the middle east. Where france took part in terrorizing locals. So YES you should be concerned if you live close to them. Are they the worse? Very unlikely. But are they dangerous? Yes.
Fun fact : during the First Empire, France had departments in Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy and had direct borders with Denmark and the Ottoman Empire
@I change my name every month , Spain's help? Lol Spain was Napoleon's ally for the invasion of Portugal. With the British, our oldest ally? Yes ... and it was the British-Portuguese army who helped the Spanish against the French, fighting several Battles on Spanish soil and even on French soil...
And my father was born on sovereign france but my mother was born overseas at The Reunion Island, which fwas french before the area we live next to Mont Blanc and Switzerland and believe me, Reunion inhabitants feel very french and are firmly against independance...they are french for several centuries..And we are proud of it!!!
same my mother is from there and we are SUPER proud of that but we 100% identify as french too its insane how people think we are just collonies that hate France and want our independance but no
The island of Reunion had no inhabitants prior to french colonization. I think it is part of the reason there is not much of an independence movement, compared to some other french islands or territories, for example in the pacific
They also have the old knights hospatalier church in Jerusalem which is technically Frances territory. Sarkozy went a few years ago and I remember reading it on the news
Yup there was also a famous incident there. When president Jacques Chirac came to visit, Israeli soldiers entered the church for safety and Chirac refused to enter until foreign troops were leave in French soil, just crazy haha.
@@clovis1er333 Well, there is the British Commonwealth, and there are rumors of a "CANZUK" partnership in the future. So it's safe to say Britain still has a pretty big global influence right now.
@@thunderbird1921 to be honest the Commonwealth is an empty shell that does basically nothing and CANZUK is far from happening, maybe one day it will form but it's doubtful
As a French from one of those islands, I love this video because they understand the concept of a stellar nation and that Metropolitan France isn't France anymore. As someone who grew up being told "but it's not really France" I lost patience. This were the video isn't really right tho... Each of the part of France mentioned in the video had a referendum were the population had to vote for either independence or being fully integrated in France. It started with the war of Algeria, France decided to put a stop to the colonies on its own after the bad Algerian experience, and simply asked for the inhabitants of those places what they wanted. Saying it's not part of France is insulting the words and decisions of the people of France... Technically Islands like Réunion or Guadeloupe are more French than Hawaii is American. It's a total legislative and administrative fusion. There's no discerning it from metropolitan France as a rule but as an exception. Laws making an exception must be formulated, in the absence of said laws, the normal code applies...and none of the territories have their own set of laws. All those territories are 100% part of Europe too, and a European citizen doesn't even need a passport to travel there - just an ID card or a driving licence will suffice.
I think it didn't start with Algeria but with the First Indochina War from 1945 to 1954 (Now Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), and French India (Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanam and Mahé). The inability for France to keep control of Indochina fuelled Algeria's will for independence right after.
@@retropaganda8442 Algeria is literally what triggered the referendum which led to the end of the French colonial empire. What you mention is just one of the low point of the French empire. It's not even the first, before Indochine war (Vietnam), Haïti was the first to revolt successfully against France. And before Haiti, colonies passed from a country to another. There's dozens of low points for the colonial empire, but the one that broke the camel back was Algeria.
So I live in Suriname and my friends and I literally swim to France Every summer as a tradition. We stop a few times to rest on some islands in the Marowijne river. all and all it's a 1hour swim. Also French Guyana also borders Suriname which is a former Dutch colony
@@blowdry2006 Nah, I already spoke with a lot of people about my country and they told me they love France history, french’s artists, the french culture in general, the french philosophers, the fact that my country stood out for the good things like human’s rights, and much more.
Funny thing. You realize that fact, when you live in the EU and can cross borders of other EU member countries without a visa or passport. You can basically travel to all kind of exotic loations on earth without ever leaving the EU.
@@MapsCharts that's not true. Any EU citizen has the freedom to enter and settle in any territory of an EU country. The EU rules forbid its members to treat EU citizens differently from their nationals, and that include entering, living and working everywhere. That being said, some French territories (Tahiti, New Caledonia) are not part of the EU due to a special status, but it doesn't affect the freedom of movement of EU citizens.
Fun fact : In France, elections take part on sunday. But the overseas territories (except Reunion and Mayotte) always vote one day before mainland France. French Polynesia and New caledonia because they are already on sunday when it's saturday in mainland France. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the West Indies islands and French Guyana who vote on saturday because, if they voted on sunday, they would be still voting during the traditional announcement of the results of the elections at 20h mainland time.
Also fun fact : Macron is a Young Global Leader.. and probably bought and paid for by the American establishement. So at this rate, French sovereignty will be US-controlled 😕
That’s incredible! They already have the most beautiful language in the world, a breathtaking culture, the best marines in the world, and now you say they have an even more wonderful territory than what we ever imagine? Wow!
.....prophet much? I don't see our future either because i CAN'T see the future, but i can guess something with fair probabilities: you and i will be disappointed to see France surviving with close to no reason, and maybe even thriving once more. It might even be, as usual, completely nonsensical at the point of making us asking in our last breath "How the f*ck.....??". I can't wait.
@@Kloden49La grandeur et la culture française vue de l étranger ce n'est pas le patriotisme et la culture du " c était mieux avant", mais une certaine vision de l universalisme et de la liberté. N importe quel crétin peut être patriote. C est d'ailleurs un cri de ralliement pour la plupart. "Les imbéciles heureux qui sont né quelque part"
@@Kloden49 On dirait un copié collé d un torchon de Zemmour. Ça ne veut rien dire. L universalisme c est la reconnaissance en une humanité une et indivisible. L'égalité entre tous les peuples, qui s'opposait au racialisme de l époque. Il faudra d ailleurs qu un jour vous définissez précisément ce qu est la culture française et en quoi elle aurait disparu ou serait en voie de disparition, autrement que par des concepts abstraits derrière lequels chacun colle ses fantasmes. Le monde Gréco romain n est pas propre à la France ou à l Europe. Il a baigné tout le pourtour méditerranéen jusque dans le monde arabe, et le christianisme vient d orient.
@@zaydalaoui9397 I don’t think he’s trying to be bias either way. but His tone is giving me the vibe he doesn’t like France shoving their flag everywhere it doesn’t belongs but is still in awe of how many places they’ve managed to claim as their own
@@cuhweenuh well the thing is these places were given the choice and chose to be part of France. New caledonia is even getting its third vote this year to remain in France or be independant. And France will respect the vote. So yes historically these lands were not claimed happily and with hugs but today is a different story.
I am French and still learned a few things from this video. It is a sad fact that we do not talk much about oversea territories, almost like they are not french and I think it is quite unfair that they are not represented as much as they should. I feel like we only talk about them in the news when things are going wrong there and that sucks.
Because it's in your best of intrest, the lesser people know the better. This video is hurting you inderectly. Nothing is hazard with your corrupted government.
C'est vrai, tu as plutôt raison. On ne parle pas beaucoup des outre-mer français, alors qu'il s'agit pourtant d'un profond avantage pour la France. Quand je vois comment on a quasiment pas parlé du référendum de Nouvelle-Calédonie, surtout avant le suffrage. Je trouve cela évidemment dommage que l'on n'en parle pas plus, même si je suis content que la Nouvelle-Calédonie ai fait le choix définitif de rester française.
@@corentintiti49 Nha, mine is different. Mine dates back 30.000 years old, and there are some very old historical scrolls that show from where to where my country had its territory, we just lived & let live. We also fought with all our might versus MANY civilisations, but we lost to the Muslims with their Islam. Also the "Every territory is in a country for their intrest" Are you saying that with a straight face? Or you're holding your laughs with all your might?
Also fun fact: France two biggest borders are not with any European nation but with Australia if you count Terre Adélie in Antartica as the biggest french border, and with Brazil as the 2nd one because of French Guyana
I saw the notification for this and just assumed and accepted that France had taken over the world Edit: Apparently RLL changed the video title, with the reason obviously being to undermine my entire comment
@@eileenkelleghan680 That's not true, the United Kingdom is also a country in which the Sun never sets because of its overseas territories around the world that are the last remaining vestiges of the British Empire.
This is an incredible source of insidious trivia questions: Does France share a border with the Netherlands? What country spans across the most timezones?
Not only is the earth's spin faster at the equator, launching on the equator means you do not need to make the very expensive maneuver to adjust your orbit's plane to that of the equator (for geostationary orbits, typical low earth orbits, etc.)
Also with regards to the spaceport in Fr. G., because the Earth spins towards the East, you need to launch the rockets slightly towards East and having an ocean to the East of the launch site means the rockets are launched over an uninhabited area to avoid land casualties in case of failures
Yep, the maneuver thing is the main reason you want to launch near equator. Plus the fact that you can choose prety much any orbital plane for your satellite. The added spinning speed, adds up one or two hundred m/s, out of roughly 7000m/s you need. It doesn't make that big of a difference.
I live in Atlantic Canada and made it a point to visit as many of the islands in this region as each one is unique. I’ve been to most of them, however I hadn’t been to either St Pierre or Miquelon yet. I’ve met a few people from there; an interesting mix of European French, Acadien and Newfanese. Can’t wait to go, perhaps this summer depending on travel restrictions.
Even if you live in Africa away from French overseas territories, you're still pretty much guaranteed to hear a lot of people speaking French because they're former colonies and French is really the primary way people in the former colonies can communicate with each other
@@ygg4289bon, le scénario, où le français devient langue numéro une est un peu biaisé. Pas que la langue soit entrain de mourir, mais il faut pas mal de conditions flatteuses. Je ne suis pas sûr, qu’il faille s’enflammer pour cela. ;)
North african countries can speak arabic between one another. A big part of east Africa(though none are former french colonies unless you count eastern DRC) can use Swahili to communicate. In different african regions, by the borders, people speak the same language because often time colonial maps didn't take into account linguistic/tribal maps. Other than those cases, yes, French and English are the only options.
i'm proud of my country and the fact that other countries are getting interested in it. many people are misjudging or underestimating france because of history joke as we ''surrender'' ( when it was out national flag at the moment) but actually don't know how much we can do and how important we really are, in culture or in military, we have a huge influence.
As a British person. I like and respect France and disagree with the people who say they give up and surrender easily as they once had the 4th biggest empire to ever exist. I just question why you have 400 nukes in your country.
@@Coastermatics i don't have like, the real reason why we have so much nukes, but i know that for some reasons our president has a plan if WW3 happened. We also have tte best soldier in the world (not in number but in training) and we're not a neutral country, we never were. So i guess it's just prevention.
As a Frenchman, I'm glad to see that this peculiarity of my country gets so much attention from great RUclipsrs these days. Sometimes even my fellow French people forget about these places.
Pour de vrai, ça doit être la 5ème ou 6ème vidéo que je vois sur ça. Sur notre "empire" du 21ème siècle. Elles font pas mal de vues en plus ces vidéos. Parfois j'en viens à me dire qu'ils veulent monter l'opinion contre nous mdr. Prétextant "gneugneu vous possédez tjr des colonies"
C'est vrai que nous les français on oublie qu'on a des territoires en dehors de France elle même (sauf les français qui habitant sur les territoires extérieurs biensure)
What a coincidence.. Some time ago, I was discussing geography with my brother and asked him to guess the country with maximum time zones.. He like 90% others predict Russia 😂😂 He was surprised as the correct answer was France.. And then i saw this notification about France 😂😂 By the way, as a keen geography reader, i always like this channels video and i never miss any of it 👍🏻👍🏻👌
I don't think it's actually true because only overseas departments are actually part of France proper while overseas collectivies and such are not. It's like saying that Gibraltar or Jersey are part of the UK, or that Aruba is part of the Netherlands. They're not.
Counting the reach of our nuclear weapons, which I believe are fair to count, as well as inventing the internet, and videogames, I believe the answer is the United States has hundreds and hundreds of time zones counting all of our universes. :D
Don't worry, the sun never sets on the UK empire either; the map isn't _quite_ as ridiculous as for France, but it's close enough to qualify (...at least, as long as the British Indian Ocean Territory still counts as part of the UK empire, despite being entirely uninhabited aside from a US military base).
@@january1may "despite being entirely uninhabited aside from a US military base)." Chagossians (People of Diago Garcia) would like to have a word with you.
@@randomname5585 I probably should have rephrased that: _currently_ uninhabited. Chagossians exist but AFAIK they don't actually live on any of the islands unless they work at the military base. (yes I do think they should be able to return there but I also highly doubt that this will happen while more than maybe one or two of them are still alive)
It's a pity that all the videos about the French overseas territories never mention the people (natives, French, immigrants from other continents etc.) who live there. For example, the case of Reunion Island is quite exceptional. An island where 3 religions cohabit a place with a wide range of ethnic groups (French, "Creole", Chinese, Indian...) or even Guiana. Indeed, there is an important economic aspect (not so much important since France doesn't really exploit its EEZ except for fishing), if France keeps these territories it is not really for an imperialist reason, it is just that they became a part of France as much from an economic point of view as a cultural one. There are many French people from overseas who come to metropolitan France or French people from the Hexagone who have family or friends in these territories
@@alost4076 Il me semble que la CMA-CGM a fait de La Réunion son hub portuaire de l'Océan Indien, donc ça crée tjrs de l'emploi rentable on va dire. En ce qui concerne les ressources naturelles j'imagine que c'est à la fois pour des raisons environnementales mais aussi car au vu de la localisation de La Réunion il faudrait créer tout un complexe pétrolier avec les infrastructures qui vont avec et je pense pas que cela soit très intéressant sur le long terme (et comme on peut pas exploiter dans la ZEE de Kerguelen c'est encore moins envisageable). Pour ma part j'ai grandi à Bordeaux avec une grosse communauté polynésienne (ils viennent pour les études et le surf lol) et ayant un très bon ami de La Réunion je prêche les mérites de l'outre-mer à qui voudra bien m'entendre. J'aimerais vraiment aller faire un tour à La Réunion ou à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon un de ces jours d'ailleurs.
100% d'accord, j'ai l'impression que toutes les vidéos RUclips sur les DROMTOMs françaises présentent la France comme une puissance impérial qui exploite ses territoires alors que honnetement pas du tout...
@@alost4076 from UNCLOS (United Nations convention on the laws of the seas) France have to extract the oil or let the neighbouring nations do so. However it is within France’s EEZ so France could make an environmental claim, especially since Reunion and Mayotte are dependant on fishing for the local economy. Reunion and Mayotte might be useless not, but in 2046 when the Antarctic treaty is up for review it can be a very useful EU port for stopovers when going to Antartica. French sovereignty over the islands are actually in the best interest of France.
So there is one exception to what you said. New Caledonia has a large indigenous population that do not want to be part of France. They do not make up a majority but in is a large minority. On that topic the French possessions in the Pacific Ocean have more autonomy then any other part of France and even have there own currency, the CFP franc.
9:51 : Fun Fact about the Rainbow Warrior : the "French Operatives" that planted the bomb on the ecologists' ship in 1985 approached on a small inflatable boat. That boat was piloted by a man named Gérard Royal, whose sister (Ségolène Royal) became *Ministry of Ecology* in 2014. Oh, the sweet, sweet irony.
5:46 I'm so happy to hear you say that ! I'm from Reunion Island and you wouldn't even believe how many times people have asked me about the " natives " of the Island 😭
Beaucoup de gens parfois croient que l'on a volé ces terres à un quelconque peuple. C'est oublié que pas mal de ces îles étaient inhabités avant que l'on vienne.
There is another factor to remember here. Different French overseas territories have different level of governing autonomy. French Polynesia and New Caledonia, for example, even have their own currency; the Pacifique Franc while Reunion is a fully fledged French Department and uses Euro. Reunion island is the most multi-ethnic island I've ever been too. It has every race of human from every continent living together in harmony. Racism is unthinkable there.
Speaking of French Polynesian currency, this is a true story that happened to me: Me: *Sticks hand in the change slot of a random machine at Walmart because why not* Me: oH CoOL The coins were eight quarters and a ten CFP Franc coin... Worth 2.097 USD lol
"Racism is unthinkable there." By definition, the existence of racism requires people of at least two different races living in the same country, so your logic doesn't make sense.
@@Lynn.-_-. maybe because in regards to the crime of rape in france “unlike elsewhere, there is no presumption of coercion if a sexual minor is involved. Most other countries in Europe, including Spain, Belgium, Britain, Switzerland, Denmark and Austria, have a legal age of consent. Most of the age minimums range between 14 and 16 years of age. Fixing a specific age of consent means that children and adolescents below that age cannot, regardless of circumstances, be considered consenting to sex; their very age renders them incapable. As a result, an adult in most European nations who has sex with someone under this age would be charged with rape, even if violent force is not used.” France basically has no age of consent
France also owns several properties inside the city of Jerusalam (mostly churches) which were given to France by the Ottoman Empire and still are officially property of France, I.e. Israeli police is not allowed to enter without passport.
It's not exactly like that, the sovereignty of this compound is fully Israeli, Israelis don't need passports to enter any place in Jerusalem, and the Israeli police doesn't enter these religious sites out of respect and official policy, not because they can't. If a suspect of a crime enters the church, the Israeli police will ask the Patriarch to take care of it. There won't be a Julian Assange situation there.
Israeli police can enter, it is Israel's territory. As it is mostly churches and except if there is a real danger they just ask israeli police to leave weapons outside. That's why they do not go inside 😅.
Thank you so much. Despite your obvious insulting tone toward me and my country, i think this is an actual feel good video for any frenchman. The general consensus here is that France is decaying and slowly disappearing . You greatly corrected that idea with very specific facts and great maps. YES the sun never sets on French lands, YES we have control and presence on every oceans of the globe, YES we are conducting projects as great as Space exploration or nuclear power. YES we are a major political and military actor of the curent century ! Oh man i wish we could show this video to all the depressive "France is Decaying" ideologists around. Love from France.
Dude, your videos could not possibly be more informative! I could literally fast forward to any random spot of your videos and learn something new within 10 seconds! Your videos are absolutely packed with great information with absolutely no "fluff" (other content providers take note!). Congratulations again on being one of the best channels on RUclips!
Just a quick correction about French Economic Zone. It's actually bigger than shown as it spans the entire Kerguelen Continental shelf which is huge. Great video though
@@abydos7775 Correct, I forgot the Heard and McDonald islands, but the continental shelf part is still interesting as it's a rare case of Economic Zones going further than the usual distance
Nice video !!! Happy to learn things about my "old country" 🙂 Just an hint : you took images from Ariane IV ! This rocket isn't in activity anymore since a long time. We are now launching (in 2023) Ariane VI ! Way bigger rockets ;-)
As a dutchmen who wants to buy jungle property overseas in the future this video is super interesting. I could aquire me some land in one of these places without having to worry about visas an citizenship since im european 🤙🏼
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Schengen agreement only applies to countries, not overseas territories or some European islands, like the ones in the Baltic sea, if i'm not mistaken. The agreement is full of exceptions like this one, for a few other European countries. You can travel to those locations for holidays, with only an ID, if you are a European citizen, but you'll need a work permit if you plan on staying.
@@Ysundeneth You obviously don't know what is Schengen... Schengen membership and European Union membership are 2 different things. Schengen is about control, which means there are no border control between member states... you can freely go from Spain to France to Germany to Poland without being checked at the border and if you are checked you don't need a visa or passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen). That's what Schengen is. And if you are for exemple an American tourist visiting Germany for exemple with a 3 months VISA, you can freely move to France or Italy or any other Schengen member state and stay there as long as your 3 months VISA allows it, you're not forced to stay in Germany. However you can't take a flight from Germany to French Guiana with a VISA for Germany, but you can freely take a train from Munich to Paris to visit France. Nothing to do with European citizenship which means you can freely live and stay and work in any other EU member state with just your ID. Ireland is part of the EU but not part of Schengen which means there are border controls even from other EU member states YET any European citizen can freely move to Ireland and live there. Switzerland is part of Schengen which means you can freely cross Switzerland if you want to go from France to Italy for exemple without VISA or Passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen), but it's not part of the EU which means a French or an Italian can freely cross Swtizerland but can't live and stay there with their European citizenship. French Guiana is fully part of France which means any European citizen (so any Dutch) can move and live there as if he was French, however it's not part of Schengen which means there are border controls.
@@gontrandjojo9747 Yes, you are right. I got mixed up and the overseas territory wrong too. I blame that lovely bottle of Ménétou Salon and some hereditary brain farting. It's actually French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna, where you need a work permit, even if you are an EU national . So, @unknownmovement can have a great time in all the other overseas territories we have. Merry Christmas.
In France mobile data are a way cheaper 😉 5€ (~5.50$) for 120 gigas and unlimited calls and texts Nice video btw I’m french and learned several things ! It’s a good way for ppl to discover our country and the various locations (there’s not only Paris) this vid is pretty accurate well done 👍.It’s sad that we don’t talk more about our overseas territories…
Yes, they perform terrorism to continue nuking the ocean; which contributes to killing ecosystem, how beautiful! And when they are told off, they kill as revenge A country that bans women from wearing hijabs! How amazing.
@@Fengsuave_ same as in some countries you are forced to wear hijab despite you are a foreigner. Double standard much. Your answer will be "but it's their culture, respect it or don't go there". Well, France is a judeo-Christian country, respect that culture or don't go there
Being near the equator is also important because an orbital plane change maneuver is incredibly expensive in terms of delta-v, and most payloads want to be in an equatorial orbit. So your options are to use bigger, more expensive rockets, or launch closer to the equator.
Also, you want a water to be east of your launch site, since that is where your rocket boosters will land, that is another reason why it is in Guyane and why it is in Florida and not California that the US launch sites are
2:06 This explains why there are South-to-North Korean defectors; they are just moving to an area with a more manageable level of background France exposure. Obviously, every location has a certain level of exposure risk, but if you are looking to minimize your vulnerability, crossing the border seems like a pretty prudent decision.
@@UESCBattleDroid Indeed we still crave for some prettier natural borders like the ones of 1801 but we never know when to stop because 1812 was a bit much to have from Hamburg and Lubeck on the Baltic sea, to Zagreb and to Barcelona 😅
@@viniciusart9812 No the way to compare is like this : France is the biggest country in Europe (after the biggest country in the world Russia), and Brazil is the biggest country in South America
To give you an idea : during my life I had friends from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana, Madagascar (I know, independent), New Caledonia, La Réunion, and probably more that I forget. Never seen anyone from or who has ever been to Saint Pierre & Miquelon though. But it is a known place, as it's the only French territory in North America. Also, I had friends moving to La Réunion, and many visiting those places for the holidays. So mainland France is not at all disconnected from those overseas territories, far from it. People from French Caribbean islands are common, so much that we can tell their accent apart from say, people of same skin color and facial features but coming from African French speaking countries.
The French government makes it also possible for its civil servants to work in overseas territories, or the other way around. Teachers can start their carreer in Paris then go on in Tahiti or Réunion. It's also possible for non-government workers -but less common.
Par contre ,Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon n'est pas le seul territoire Français en Amérique du Nord ,l'Amérique central et les Caraïbes font aussi partie de l'Amérique du Nord . Donc la Guadeloupe et la Martinique aussi .
As a french midshooler one of my classmates was from st pierre et miquelon. Didn't get at the time how rare this was (as they are 6000 people living there).
It seems like because France became a republic while colonialism was still happening, the territories they gained during that time are recognized as part of France itself rather than a monarch's possessions, which has unusual benefits for France and the EU. France actually seems pretty unique in that regard. Wonder how much territory the UK would still control if their overseas territories had seats in Parliament and felt represented?
The Portuguese overseas territories had parliamentary representation (Angola, Mozambique, the State of India, Macau) and those were still decolonised. The difference being perhaps that France had a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Portugal and Spain did not. Regarding the UK, there are still many far-flung territories which are considered "part of the UK", just that they have generally tiny populations and thus self-government doesn't amount to much. I'm certain if the UK were as culturally imperialist as France is (ask the Bretons), it could have kept Canada and Australia by placing them in the same position as Scotland and Wales.
@@njdevilku1340 nah to large for that to work, French Guyana works because even though its large its population is so tiny even compared to the other Guyana its better off staying in France That and most of the Commonwealth was built mostly upon continent with other cultures prior to the empire (like Africa and Asia) Maybe New Zealand wouldve stayed though with a bunch of islands everywhere
@@tiagorodrigues3730 I think the Portuguese had to decolonise because of rebellions in these territories, due to the fact that segregation still happend (don't know how present it was though), and the territories in India where invaded by India, and the Portuguese had no way to get them back
We French have indeed a lot of Overseas Territories. All our French territories are part of France. Yet we're planning to expand/widesprear our Empire.🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷 The main reason we have a lot. It's because we're jealous of the British 🇬🇧. We French can't afford the World speaking English. Vive la France ! Vive la Francophonie ! Vive notre Empire ! Long live our Empire !
France is truly a great nation. It's really funny tho that people remember them for being weak in WW2 when they had almost won every other conflict and conquered half of the globe. France embodies the values and the spirit of true European Union. It's very unfortunate that Germany dominated politically. Vive la France 🇫🇷🇬🇷
Well, Germany was the leader of Europe ever since the fall of Rome and has always been the leader ever since! Fun fact: The Franks were more German than French, and the Holy Roman Empire was considered to be the largest European country (despite it only consisting of a mess of smaller kingdoms, duchies, vassals, etc.) until the age of discovery, and the rise of imperialism. That's why, if the European Union ever unites as one country, German will be the major language, followed by French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Polish, Spanish, Greek, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Swedish, Latvian, Finnish, and Estonian as minor languages.
As someone in Quebec, it's true: I could start hearing someone speak French at any moment
Je suis derriere toi
Et c'est une bonne chose
Comme l’a dit un certain général français:
Vive le Québec Libre!
In germany you can also hear a lot of french, mainly in school... terrible
@@starcrafter9967 yes they always give up
Fun fact: France’s largest land border is actually shared with Brazil, on the French Guiana
I still find this fact amazing
uhhh there's a rll vid about dat
@Nikolaj || Why? If they dont want, why more wars? And if they want, why not a referendum? Seriously…
@@SnowyButterfly1 i actually wanted to visit there one day but ofc borders are still closed like most countries will do.But for now ill save my money to go there someday.
@Nikolaj || tbh if they even do a revolution in the first place they probably end up like most african countries.
Another fun fact : in 1958, Gabon petitioned to become a French département. President Charles de Gaulle refused and Gabon became independent in 1960.
In the same way, in 1999 or 2000 (I have a doubt for the date) the island of Anjouan seceded from the Comoros and asked France to take them so that they become a part of France like Mayotte next to them, but France refused.
@@franckheraut8365 Mayote is still in France because each island of the Comoros voted separately for or against their independance. But the Union of the Comoros they still claim Mayotte as part of their country as they think the total referendum result on the archipelago should have been considered.
Same with Lebanon in 2020
Aujord'hui le Gabon est un département de la famille Bongo. Un développement très triste.
Why on earth did France refuse?
I'm a french from the Caribbean islands. This ability to vote in french elections created a scandal in 2007. We have 6 hours of time difference. So the new french president (Sarkozy) had been announced in the media but people were still voting in the overseas departments. It's like our vote never mattered.
Since this incident, the overseas departments are allowed to vote 1 day before France and people can see the scores of the overseas even before the election begins in France.
free from colonialism.
@@studytime2570 what do you mean ?
@@retropaganda8442 it means you should get independence but if you are u happy france it's your own wish he said
@@krishivchhabra38 that's what just 3 words say ?!?
@@retropaganda8442 you asked the question so I thought you didn't understand
I love how you staged this video as if you are either:
1. Safe from France, or
2. In danger
its true
French ppl beat 5 Coalitions
@@lesscringeymapperdude French ppl surrendered and eat frog legs
@@veetierkkila3737 name me a country that hasn't lost a war
As a north african, this is uncomfortably true.
Fun fact: France is also home to the world’s longest domestic flight, between Paris and Reunion, taking more than 10 hours and traveling a distance greater than 5,000 miles. Even funner fact: Despite the vast majority of the British Empire being let go in the 20th century, its actually France that has the greatest number of territorial remnants of her old Empire among all former European colonial/imperial powers. France is one of only two nations that exists across all hemispheres and has territory in every single ocean. The only other being the UK
I took that flight
@@-SUM1- I didnt.
Was it nice?
It's kinda bad that the British gave up their territories and France did not... like think about it, the fucking BRITISH gave up territories but France did not. Sus AF
Not Metropolitan France and Reunion, but Metropolitan France and Tahiti.
LE plus long vol c est PPT (tahiti Polynésie française )_ ORLY(FANCE) 16 129km et 20h20 min en un seul vol
"France is WAY Bigger Than You Think!"
Vietnamese, Laos and Cambodian: Why am I having a Déjà vu?
He’s already changed the title to way BIGGER
@@KCJbomberFTW i didnt know that
@@KCJbomberFTW Thanks mate!
@@KCJbomberFTW maybe they saw this comment
@@DarwinskiYT lol no the comment was what the original title was and they changed it
Je suis français mahorais et je suis trop fier d'être français 🇫🇷🖤
Ouaiiiiiis Mayotte en force !
Mayotte 🇫🇷
m-m-m-Mayotte mon gars!
❤🇨🇵❤
J'espere que les autorités feront le menage chez toi, y a trop de bordel.
Fun fact: in the back of the euro banknotes you can see a drawn map of the European union, and in this draw, you can find French Guiana too in the down left corner, and along with the French Guiana the are drawn a bunch of island too, which I suppose are the other french overseas territories
I didn’t know , that’s cool
Yep, the Islands you can see are the other overseas territories ^^
Not only the French ones. The Acores and the Canaries are also depicted
Nice pfp
@@yannislafond-bensot9901 which banknote? The €20?
Imagine Tour de France across the entirety of France
Ooof
Crazy idea. I like it.
It's called the Vendée Globe Ocean Race :p
Nice Video Idea
Why
I live in Newfoundland. I'm so close to France that being fluent in French will pretty much guarantee you any customer service job you want because French citizens shop here often.
My condolences
I live in Luxembourg. So close to France that if you do not speak French, you are guaranteed to be rejected at any customer service job.
@@blanco7726 Yeah, but it's not as common to be bi/multilingual in Canada. Our language education sucks. I was "taught" French on a regular basis in school from ages 10-18 then voluntarily chose to take additional French classes in university. I am far from fluent.
@@JennaGetsCreative Basically everybody from a big city in quebec speak english so its just the "proper" canadian who don't
@@JennaGetsCreative yeah just a multilingual culture I guess. If, however the fuck, you only speak one language in Luxembourg, you're weird, stupid and totally screwed.
I am Everywhere, lock your doors.
That aren’t the pirates ?
@@PimpOfPixelsYou’ll be surprised about our lore
lower our taxes plz and make macron give up.
mdr
I think you should
“You could start hearing French at any moment”
->I’m Canadian, that’s true regardless of proximity to France.
*lightly taps your shoulder*
*whispers*
"Bonjours!"
QUEBEC OUR SON !
Heya brother :)
I send my condolences, no one should have to hear French
French Canadians > French but not by much
"France is closer than you think"
Me, a French who lives in France : Really ?
Ingrid, esque tu b**se?
It's interesting how french people call themselves "a French."
FYI, the actual word to use is "Frenchman".
@@yaltschuler That's because French people aren't perfectly fluent in English, so they just translate "un français" literally.
The fact that "French" or "English" aren't nouns by themselves and have to be completed by "man" at the end is a confusing quirk of the English language.
Me as a north spaniard: Woah, really?!
@@cyr_neip2589 OUI ! Je suis extrêmement heureux que tu aies commenté ça. 😆
France never stopped playing RISK, they just stopped playing publicly.
Their main focus is taking over Europe to get the continent bonus
Germany have east Europe, let the French have the rest 🤣
2:05 How to escape France "Go to North Korea"
Wow I never met anyone who love that game as I do.
@Jee Vang You are the joke and you are certainly a jealous butt hurst that your country got conquered so many times by the French
Something worth mentioning : Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Réunion, French Guiana and Mayotte are French overseas regions/departments (ruled by the president), while the other are French overseas collectivities (basically they are somewhat independant, can be governed by local monarchs), plus New Caledonia having it's own status. No matter which territory you're born in, you're automatically a French citizen. All these territories decided through voting to stay French.
Je suis Français, et fier de l'être.
Same, moi aussi
Well Martinique and French Guiana are not departements/ regions for quite a while but territorial overseas collectivities.
Je viens de guadeloupe
On a le plus beau pays du monde ! Les autres sont juste jaloux 😂
Fier de quoi ? J attends quelques précisions
Funfact: The first official euro purchase was one kilo of lychees on the French island of Reunion -- whose location in the Indian Ocean made it the first European territory to usher in the New Year and handle the euro.
What about New Caledonia?
@@blanco7726 you are absolutely right to point out that New Caledonia is closer to the dateline, in fact Wallis and Futuna are at GMT+12. However they are not a part of the eurozone, and use the pacific franc (XFP) which is pegged at a fixed rate with EUR.
@@fahadinbesat. This was really interesting to learn Fahad, thank you for sharing!
@@jasonm9838 Thanks Jason!🙂❤
this is such a fun fact
"The sun never sets on the French Empire"
The French trying to sleep: >_
No wonder why we're always grumpy and on strike
Lmao
Idea:
Close everything go in the basement turn off the lights and sleep :O
@@Yoyiiii no because we keep our baguette stock (10000lb) In our basements
@@ltn.mouton sleep on the baguettes then eat whenever u want if u wake up
Little France in India !
Today, Pondicherry still has a community of French people living in the city and French is also an official language. There are 6,500 French people registered in South India, and of these about 5,500 are in Pondicherry.
But pondicherry is not a part of France in itself. Although they do have the same exam subjects as on mainland France
Puducherry is culturally French but not under French dominion or reign anymore.
I was just about to comment this
Like Portuguese in Goa
They are Indians who are culturally French.
The tone implying that this is modern colonialism is inappropriate. The citizens living in these areas can vote, have full rights like any other French citizen and they have often voted to remain a part of France (+ some were not inhabited before France or the original inhabitants unfortunately died). Respecting people's will is the furthest from colonization you can get.
Giving people the right to vote in the "main" country alone is already a complete negation of the idea of being a colony, it would take a real dipshit or a propaganda-filled Anglo-Saxon to not see that.
I wonder what he thinks about the US and PR, American Somoa, Guam, etc.
I love how you say "here you're safe" as if french was terrifying and everyone wanted to get as far as possible
Why do you think China is so populated?
You can run but you can never hide🇨🇵
As EU4 player.. you realy want to be as far as you can be from Ftance. Once you hear Elan, its over.
Well... they set of 17 nukes in Algeria.
The bombed ship with crew in New Zealand.
Theyve set off over 100 nukes near islands in the sea.
They have their own international french legion army, which officially french is not legally responsebile for their actions (if i remember correctly. So that gives a lot of room for humanrightsabuses).
Everyone knows who actually controls them.
It is like CIA. all know they are usa agency. But officially the usa government are not legally responsebile for their actions.
And france have long history of inserting and controlling puppet regimeleaders.
Or how about the illegal wars in the middle east. Where france took part in terrorizing locals.
So YES you should be concerned if you live close to them.
Are they the worse? Very unlikely.
But are they dangerous? Yes.
@@lucas-ge4qh: "Why do you think China is so populated?"
Because China has lots of fertile soil that's good for agriculture, just like India.
I love how he's making it sound like a threat.
Ominously French....
It is
@@furinick Almost as if it is LMAO
it is a threat
Because it is
"Wait it's all France?!"
*"ALWAYS HAS BEEN"*
Fun fact , the flights between most of the french overseas territories still count as domestic
As a french, I confirm 😂
Criminal country
@@thesplatstrategist
:O
I go to France
@@Kazan07 Jealous cry baby, uk did far worse USA too.
okay so France is now the country where "The Sun Never Sets"
It does
Because WE did it and the rosebeaf didn't
Has always been ^^
Always been
Et avec la deuxième zone maritime du monde ..........
Fun fact : during the First Empire, France had departments in Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy and had direct borders with Denmark and the Ottoman Empire
No shit Sherlock
Right on.
, and tried to occupy Portugal 3 times in a row... and failed all of them... 😏
@I change my name every month , Spain's help? Lol Spain was Napoleon's ally for the invasion of Portugal. With the British, our oldest ally? Yes ... and it was the British-Portuguese army who helped the Spanish against the French, fighting several Battles on Spanish soil and even on French soil...
@@gutsjoestar7450 tell me Sherlock? Where is the shit your looking for sir Sherlock?
Title: France is closer then you think
Me: "looks slowly over my shoulder"
coucou >:D
« Bonjour »
"salut😘"
Well the spy always attack from behind
He changed the title
"The sun has never sets on the French Empire". The British be like: WTF
The sun never sets on the british empire, only because god could never trust an englishman in the dark...
The british stole that slogan from the Spanish Empire
@@benoitbvg2888 LMFAO U DIDNT HSVE TO BURN THE WHOLE UK LIKE THAT
@@benoitbvg2888 clown spotted
@@zhiro_3 correct
And my father was born on sovereign france but my mother was born overseas at The Reunion Island, which fwas french before the area we live next to Mont Blanc and Switzerland and believe me, Reunion inhabitants feel very french and are firmly against independance...they are french for several centuries..And we are proud of it!!!
If only Britain didn't stole it's sister island Mauritius
same my mother is from there and we are SUPER proud of that but we 100% identify as french too
its insane how people think we are just collonies that hate France and want our independance but no
Same, mom is from Reunion island, grew up a third of my life there. Independentists don't exist there, it's not even a question
💙💙🤍🤍❤❤💋
The island of Reunion had no inhabitants prior to french colonization. I think it is part of the reason there is not much of an independence movement, compared to some other french islands or territories, for example in the pacific
They also have the old knights hospatalier church in Jerusalem which is technically Frances territory. Sarkozy went a few years ago and I remember reading it on the news
Yup there was also a famous incident there. When president Jacques Chirac came to visit, Israeli soldiers entered the church for safety and Chirac refused to enter until foreign troops were leave in French soil, just crazy haha.
Id say this kind of terrotory is similar to an ambassy, quite not relevant
Better French than Israeli
@@tonyhawk94 Do you mean were present or were not present?
@@smithsway until foreign troops leave* if it's clearer :)
RLL: "Which is about how many people live in the US state of Kansas"
Also RLL: *shows a picture of downtown Kansas City, which is in Missouri*
why? was the map guy drunk and just said "hehehe lemme pull a line here haha.... whoops Kansas City more like Missouri City hihi haha" idk
@@markjakofcic8636 Janez?
There's definitely a Kansas City in kansas
@@ezekielmorgan1042 which he didn’t show
Kansas city is on the border with about half in Missouri and half in Kansas
The sun never sets on the -British Empire- French Republic
Brits have to learn they are not an empire anymore
@@clovis1er333 brits arent an empire but as mentioned they stuff their tea bags to every single inch of this planet
Both
@@clovis1er333 Well, there is the British Commonwealth, and there are rumors of a "CANZUK" partnership in the future. So it's safe to say Britain still has a pretty big global influence right now.
@@thunderbird1921 to be honest the Commonwealth is an empty shell that does basically nothing and CANZUK is far from happening, maybe one day it will form but it's doubtful
As a French from one of those islands, I love this video because they understand the concept of a stellar nation and that Metropolitan France isn't France anymore. As someone who grew up being told "but it's not really France" I lost patience. This were the video isn't really right tho... Each of the part of France mentioned in the video had a referendum were the population had to vote for either independence or being fully integrated in France. It started with the war of Algeria, France decided to put a stop to the colonies on its own after the bad Algerian experience, and simply asked for the inhabitants of those places what they wanted. Saying it's not part of France is insulting the words and decisions of the people of France... Technically Islands like Réunion or Guadeloupe are more French than Hawaii is American. It's a total legislative and administrative fusion. There's no discerning it from metropolitan France as a rule but as an exception. Laws making an exception must be formulated, in the absence of said laws, the normal code applies...and none of the territories have their own set of laws.
All those territories are 100% part of Europe too, and a European citizen doesn't even need a passport to travel there - just an ID card or a driving licence will suffice.
I've only met a handful of Frenchmen in my travels, and none of them were from the mainland.
Independence from colonialism.
I think it didn't start with Algeria but with the First Indochina War from 1945 to 1954 (Now Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), and French India (Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanam and Mahé). The inability for France to keep control of Indochina fuelled Algeria's will for independence right after.
@@studytime2570 what do you mean ?
@@retropaganda8442 Algeria is literally what triggered the referendum which led to the end of the French colonial empire. What you mention is just one of the low point of the French empire. It's not even the first, before Indochine war (Vietnam), Haïti was the first to revolt successfully against France. And before Haiti, colonies passed from a country to another. There's dozens of low points for the colonial empire, but the one that broke the camel back was Algeria.
I remember when I sailed across the Pacific Ocean and thought I was gonna see a lot of cool countries - all I ever really saw was France
Okay now that’s really funny 😂👌🏻
France is cool 👌
@@LeSatan You’re cool 😜
What a lie. French-occupied Islands are so tiny.
@@UnknownUser.ar1 NPC
“Or god forbid France itself” Ah, a man of culture I see
It got me 😂.
La France c’est le mieux pays du monde
American, where they think culture is a disease!
@@gabrieldoussard7645 HERETIC
He sounds like a true American JagOff.
So I live in Suriname and my friends and I literally swim to France Every summer as a tradition. We stop a few times to rest on some islands in the Marowijne river. all and all it's a 1hour swim. Also French Guyana also borders Suriname which is a former Dutch colony
Suriname beautiful country
Netherlands still borders France because we share the island of Saint Martin South is dutch North is french
You're the first Surinamese person I've seen online
@@anti79 watch geography now's Suriname video and go to the comment section lol
@@is5714 what is the country that have the flag you use as a profile pic?
Thank you for this video. I'm French, of corse I love my country and I'm really happy to see in the comments that some people are loving France too.
Vive la France et la Corse 🇫🇷
I think only Franch people can love France...
@@blowdry2006 Nah, I already spoke with a lot of people about my country and they told me they love France history, french’s artists, the french culture in general, the french philosophers, the fact that my country stood out for the good things like human’s rights, and much more.
@@blowdry2006 thats why it s the most visited country in the world and so many foreigner live there I guess
@@mickaelkarakac8408 if you like to think so, that's fine!
"France is closer than you think"
Me who lives in the capital of France: oh really?
Yeah when we live in the middle its pretty close. Only us can pronounce the "R" sound.
But why
Fr*nch 🤮
F
Me living in that white area: oh really?
Funny thing. You realize that fact, when you live in the EU and can cross borders of other EU member countries without a visa or passport. You can basically travel to all kind of exotic loations on earth without ever leaving the EU.
Only French citizens can enter places like New Caledonia or Polynesia without any document
@@MapsCharts Coz they're nations on their own. But a German can travel to La Réunion or Guadeloupe no problem.
@@nicolasbertin8552 Leur nation c'est la France hein
@@MapsCharts that's not true. Any EU citizen has the freedom to enter and settle in any territory of an EU country. The EU rules forbid its members to treat EU citizens differently from their nationals, and that include entering, living and working everywhere. That being said, some French territories (Tahiti, New Caledonia) are not part of the EU due to a special status, but it doesn't affect the freedom of movement of EU citizens.
@@stespfr Bien sûr essaie de faire rentrer un Estonien à Tahiti tu vas voir ce qu'ils disent aux frontières
Fun fact : In France, elections take part on sunday. But the overseas territories (except Reunion and Mayotte) always vote one day before mainland France. French Polynesia and New caledonia because they are already on sunday when it's saturday in mainland France. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the West Indies islands and French Guyana who vote on saturday because, if they voted on sunday, they would be still voting during the traditional announcement of the results of the elections at 20h mainland time.
monke time
Also fun fact : Macron is a Young Global Leader.. and probably bought and paid for by the American establishement.
So at this rate, French sovereignty will be US-controlled 😕
et tu aussi français toi aussi? are u french also why ppl ignore french ppl?
@@GamesOfConesy parce que ils se croient plus intelligent , mais le grand remplacement rendra la france grand
Ouais
That’s incredible! They already have the most beautiful language in the world, a breathtaking culture, the best marines in the world, and now you say they have an even more wonderful territory than what we ever imagine? Wow!
As a french guy I can't judge the beauty of my language. I only know that we have the most stupidly complicated language in the world.
I think we're also one of the languages with the most insults in the world lmao
.....prophet much? I don't see our future either because i CAN'T see the future, but i can guess something with fair probabilities: you and i will be disappointed to see France surviving with close to no reason, and maybe even thriving once more. It might even be, as usual, completely nonsensical at the point of making us asking in our last breath "How the f*ck.....??".
I can't wait.
@@Kloden49La grandeur et la culture française vue de l étranger ce n'est pas le patriotisme et la culture du " c était mieux avant", mais une certaine vision de l universalisme et de la liberté.
N importe quel crétin peut être patriote.
C est d'ailleurs un cri de ralliement pour la plupart.
"Les imbéciles heureux qui sont né quelque part"
@@Kloden49 On dirait un copié collé d un torchon de Zemmour. Ça ne veut rien dire.
L universalisme c est la reconnaissance en une humanité une et indivisible. L'égalité entre tous les peuples, qui s'opposait au racialisme de l époque.
Il faudra d ailleurs qu un jour vous définissez précisément ce qu est la culture française et en quoi elle aurait disparu ou serait en voie de disparition, autrement que par des concepts abstraits derrière lequels chacun colle ses fantasmes.
Le monde Gréco romain n est pas propre à la France ou à l Europe. Il a baigné tout le pourtour méditerranéen jusque dans le monde arabe, et le christianisme vient d orient.
I love how disgusted the narrator seems at the thought of being around France all the time
That actually makes me question some of what he said as he seems personally biased towards France for some reason
@@zaydalaoui9397 I don’t think he’s trying to be bias either way. but His tone is giving me the vibe he doesn’t like France shoving their flag everywhere it doesn’t belongs but is still in awe of how many places they’ve managed to claim as their own
@@cuhweenuh well the thing is these places were given the choice and chose to be part of France. New caledonia is even getting its third vote this year to remain in France or be independant. And France will respect the vote.
So yes historically these lands were not claimed happily and with hugs but today is a different story.
Anglo-Saxons have an inside joke that implies mocking France. Both Brits and Americans, usually talk about France as something negative.
@@mauriciod2545 yep i see that. Kind of childish but if that makes them happy and proud about themselves… 🤷♂️
I am French and still learned a few things from this video. It is a sad fact that we do not talk much about oversea territories, almost like they are not french and I think it is quite unfair that they are not represented as much as they should. I feel like we only talk about them in the news when things are going wrong there and that sucks.
Because it's in your best of intrest, the lesser people know the better. This video is hurting you inderectly. Nothing is hazard with your corrupted government.
@@sireopossom7860 I think he just was sleeping during college classes.
C'est vrai, tu as plutôt raison.
On ne parle pas beaucoup des outre-mer français, alors qu'il s'agit pourtant d'un profond avantage pour la France.
Quand je vois comment on a quasiment pas parlé du référendum de Nouvelle-Calédonie, surtout avant le suffrage.
Je trouve cela évidemment dommage que l'on n'en parle pas plus, même si je suis content que la Nouvelle-Calédonie ai fait le choix définitif de rester française.
Comment ça on a parle pas assez? Perso je me rappelle l'avoir étudié en cours au collège puis lycée et même à la fac.
@@corentintiti49 Nha, mine is different. Mine dates back 30.000 years old, and there are some very old historical scrolls that show from where to where my country had its territory, we just lived & let live. We also fought with all our might versus MANY civilisations, but we lost to the Muslims with their Islam.
Also the "Every territory is in a country for their intrest" Are you saying that with a straight face? Or you're holding your laughs with all your might?
“These countries are WAY bigger than you think”
France: I’m 4 parallel universes ahead of you
Also fun fact: France two biggest borders are not with any European nation but with Australia if you count Terre Adélie in Antartica as the biggest french border, and with Brazil as the 2nd one because of French Guyana
Claims of Antarctica don’t count
@@jonharrison3114 technically yes, but cpuntries almost always put all their outposts and bases inside of their claim
all of europe is still smaller than Africa
@@lukeav6097 okay? africa is the second largest continent, lots of things are smaller than it
*Guiana
I saw the notification for this and just assumed and accepted that France had taken over the world
Edit: Apparently RLL changed the video title, with the reason obviously being to undermine my entire comment
Yeah boi
Funny
That would be hell on earth
France and USA are bros we rule the world
Could be worse
FRANCE IS ALMOST EVERYWHERE
Brazil: Really?
*French Guiana
Brazil: ...
When Brazil doesn't come to France but France comes to brazil
@@lesaltyfrancais576 You sure you wanna come over ?
@@gabrielrenanamantedeaviao.750 Invadir e incendiar a união ibérica inteira?
The fun fact here is that the french border shared with brazil is the biggest border France have with a country .
@@Eldiran1 And the Second Brazil's smaller
"Wait, it's all France?"
"Always has been."
_boom_
No lmao
still the only country in the world in which the sun never sets in unless a total sun eclipse happens
@@eileenkelleghan680 That's not true, the United Kingdom is also a country in which the Sun never sets because of its overseas territories around the world that are the last remaining vestiges of the British Empire.
@@Rishi123456789 True, only two countries that way the sun only sets in for an hour or so... when a solar eclipse happens in the area but that is it.
French Guiana here 💪
Best forest of the planet 💪I hope the "montagne d'or" project never becomes a reality ✊✊✊
@@isahyamordrach4602 Would be amazing for the economy and people living in Guyane just like any offshore oil and gas project
"If you live in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the UK..."
Luxembourg: Am I a joke to you?
Yes
Monaco and Andorra...
Mediterranean Sea portugal?
Yeah, I noticed that too. That dark outline of Luxembourg never got mentioned, even if you can see it :( Always overshadowed by its larger neighbours.
Sooner and later, we're gonna annex that paradise little piece of sh*t
"US state of Kansas"
*shows picture of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, which I know because I am from Kansas City*
pain
50/50 odds of it being intentional
No1 cares USA and France rule the world
@@Student0Toucher idk, I think my country does exist and is one of the biggest economic powers.
@@praneel5920 what country
@@Student0Toucher India
This is an incredible source of insidious trivia questions:
Does France share a border with the Netherlands?
What country spans across the most timezones?
"Does Brazil have a border with the European Union ? " and the answer is : yes ( Suriname too by the way since French Guiana is between both )
"Does France share a border with the Netherlands?" => Saint-Martin Island.
@@pierreriviere9158 Saint Martin and Sint Maarten
@@francoise9056 harder one would be "Which country shares the longest border with France"
@@justanugget6588 No it's easy actually, it's Brazil
Québec, le coeur de l'Amérique françophone. Vive la France, Vive le Québec libre.
Vive la france est c'est culture
I 100% agree
@@maidapascal6839 bordel avant de parler de culture écrit correctement.
"Quebec Libre" would be as stupid as Brexit, mon amis.
@@warrenrichardson127 so you think UK will never recover!
"France is closer than you think" 200 years ago it would be a scary sentence
Bouh
Some still have nightmares of Napoleon non stop winning battles and wars for 25 years straight.
It's even scarier now they have nuke
@@ommsterlitz1805 I bet bet the Austrians were traumatized after being invaded five times lol
@@makky6239 hey Napoleon declared no war on France, Austria declared the war first, Napoleon was just ultra agressive in its defance lol
Not only is the earth's spin faster at the equator, launching on the equator means you do not need to make the very expensive maneuver to adjust your orbit's plane to that of the equator (for geostationary orbits, typical low earth orbits, etc.)
I was looking for this comment. I'm not disappointed.
It's also further away from the center of the earth and thus you need less speed.
Also with regards to the spaceport in Fr. G., because the Earth spins towards the East, you need to launch the rockets slightly towards East and having an ocean to the East of the launch site means the rockets are launched over an uninhabited area to avoid land casualties in case of failures
Yep, the maneuver thing is the main reason you want to launch near equator. Plus the fact that you can choose prety much any orbital plane for your satellite.
The added spinning speed, adds up one or two hundred m/s, out of roughly 7000m/s you need.
It doesn't make that big of a difference.
Different velocity but exact same spin (RPM) at the pole or on the equator.
I live in Atlantic Canada and made it a point to visit as many of the islands in this region as each one is unique. I’ve been to most of them, however I hadn’t been to either St Pierre or Miquelon yet. I’ve met a few people from there; an interesting mix of European French, Acadien and Newfanese. Can’t wait to go, perhaps this summer depending on travel restrictions.
You are so lucky.. Visiting an of these places is a lifelong dream
when you go, buy a french car and take it back to Canada, French diesels are awesome and so fuel efficient.
I hope Québec will take back Labrador.
@@nonokbh I disagree.
@@daveamies5031 They nearly don't exist anymore. It's over for diesel cars (and it was about time).
0:09 Luxembourg taking the L
Monaco?
Andorra?
Love this video! France is such a fascinating country! Sending lots of love from your neighbor 🇩🇪
heyyyyy whats up my best friendenemy
Hey neighbor i'm from eastern France, love Rhineland Pfalz and Baden-Wurtenberg, beautiful places ! :)
@@kynaxicrowd7066 no this title is already taken by Great Britain
Love back from France 🇫🇷❤️🇩🇪
@@tonyhawk94 me too ( alsace )
Legend has it that if you live within the red zone you are never safe from a *wild, flying baguette hitting you in the face.*
As a german i know for sure that the frenchies send a lot of these things to the red zone...
I live in the orange zone and i get hit by a wild flying baguette an least once a week : /
Damn frenchies and there flying baguettes
Truth behind the flying baguettes :
When french people feel that their bread is getting old they catapult it.
Lorsque vous êtes dans cette zone, l'anglais que les gens autour de vous parlent sonne comme français à vos oreilles. :-)
I live in the red zone in England and we have sirens here for when the French send us things
Even if you live in Africa away from French overseas territories, you're still pretty much guaranteed to hear a lot of people speaking French because they're former colonies and French is really the primary way people in the former colonies can communicate with each other
If he included former colonies, the map would be drastically different.
england, hold my beer
Les prédictions parle du français comme la première langue parlée au monde en 2050 grâce à l'Afrique. Take your lessons ^^
@@ygg4289bon, le scénario, où le français devient langue numéro une est un peu biaisé.
Pas que la langue soit entrain de mourir, mais il faut pas mal de conditions flatteuses.
Je ne suis pas sûr, qu’il faille s’enflammer pour cela. ;)
North african countries can speak arabic between one another. A big part of east Africa(though none are former french colonies unless you count eastern DRC) can use Swahili to communicate. In different african regions, by the borders, people speak the same language because often time colonial maps didn't take into account linguistic/tribal maps. Other than those cases, yes, French and English are the only options.
i'm proud of my country and the fact that other countries are getting interested in it. many people are misjudging or underestimating france because of history joke as we ''surrender'' ( when it was out national flag at the moment) but actually don't know how much we can do and how important we really are, in culture or in military, we have a huge influence.
As a British person. I like and respect France and disagree with the people who say they give up and surrender easily as they once had the 4th biggest empire to ever exist. I just question why you have 400 nukes in your country.
@@Coastermatics i don't have like, the real reason why we have so much nukes, but i know that for some reasons our president has a plan if WW3 happened. We also have tte best soldier in the world (not in number but in training) and we're not a neutral country, we never were. So i guess it's just prevention.
As a Frenchman, I'm glad to see that this peculiarity of my country gets so much attention from great RUclipsrs these days. Sometimes even my fellow French people forget about these places.
Pour de vrai, ça doit être la 5ème ou 6ème vidéo que je vois sur ça. Sur notre "empire" du 21ème siècle. Elles font pas mal de vues en plus ces vidéos. Parfois j'en viens à me dire qu'ils veulent monter l'opinion contre nous mdr. Prétextant "gneugneu vous possédez tjr des colonies"
@@Unpseudopascommelesautres Oui, après j'en vois aussi sur les territoires des USA (où pour eux c'est bien pire, ils ont même pas le droit de vote).
J'ai la flemme de lire
Oui c la nième que je vois une vidéo sur l'Empire Français du XXIeme siècle.
C'est vrai que nous les français on oublie qu'on a des territoires en dehors de France elle même
(sauf les français qui habitant sur les territoires extérieurs biensure)
What a coincidence..
Some time ago, I was discussing geography with my brother and asked him to guess the country with maximum time zones..
He like 90% others predict Russia 😂😂
He was surprised as the correct answer was France..
And then i saw this notification about France 😂😂
By the way, as a keen geography reader, i always like this channels video and i never miss any of it 👍🏻👍🏻👌
Same I am binge watching RealLifeLore and wendover
Google is monitoring you.👯♂
@@guardianoffire8814 WOW NON CAP :0
I don't think it's actually true because only overseas departments are actually part of France proper while overseas collectivies and such are not. It's like saying that Gibraltar or Jersey are part of the UK, or that Aruba is part of the Netherlands. They're not.
Counting the reach of our nuclear weapons, which I believe are fair to count, as well as inventing the internet, and videogames, I believe the answer is the United States has hundreds and hundreds of time zones counting all of our universes. :D
Love the French, keep staying classy sibling - greetings from Germany! 🇫🇷🇩🇪💕
🇫🇷❤🇩🇪 Love Germany from France, keep being the annoyingly rich but nice sibling of the group 🇪🇺
🇰🇷🇵🇭❤️🇫🇷 Love From Philippines And South Korea All France Citizens Please Be Safe Due To Covid.
I am Half-Korean And Half-Filipino Be safe!
@@thenailprojectbymjb1740 you should be the one to try being safe, we french are much closer than you think....
Love Germany. I miss the good old time of the Frankish empire in the middle ages when France and Germany were the heart of Europe.
Very cool video :D loved it. Greetings from France.
The sun never sets on the French Empire.
The UK: “And I took that personally.”
Don't worry, the sun never sets on the UK empire either; the map isn't _quite_ as ridiculous as for France, but it's close enough to qualify (...at least, as long as the British Indian Ocean Territory still counts as part of the UK empire, despite being entirely uninhabited aside from a US military base).
@@january1may "despite being entirely uninhabited aside from a US military base)." Chagossians (People of Diago Garcia) would like to have a word with you.
Spain: "And I invented that phrase!!!"
France beat England on their own game
@@randomname5585 I probably should have rephrased that: _currently_ uninhabited. Chagossians exist but AFAIK they don't actually live on any of the islands unless they work at the military base.
(yes I do think they should be able to return there but I also highly doubt that this will happen while more than maybe one or two of them are still alive)
It's a pity that all the videos about the French overseas territories never mention the people (natives, French, immigrants from other continents etc.) who live there. For example, the case of Reunion Island is quite exceptional. An island where 3 religions cohabit a place with a wide range of ethnic groups (French, "Creole", Chinese, Indian...) or even Guiana.
Indeed, there is an important economic aspect (not so much important since France doesn't really exploit its EEZ except for fishing), if France keeps these territories it is not really for an imperialist reason, it is just that they became a part of France as much from an economic point of view as a cultural one. There are many French people from overseas who come to metropolitan France or French people from the Hexagone who have family or friends in these territories
@@alost4076 Il me semble que la CMA-CGM a fait de La Réunion son hub portuaire de l'Océan Indien, donc ça crée tjrs de l'emploi rentable on va dire.
En ce qui concerne les ressources naturelles j'imagine que c'est à la fois pour des raisons environnementales mais aussi car au vu de la localisation de La Réunion il faudrait créer tout un complexe pétrolier avec les infrastructures qui vont avec et je pense pas que cela soit très intéressant sur le long terme (et comme on peut pas exploiter dans la ZEE de Kerguelen c'est encore moins envisageable).
Pour ma part j'ai grandi à Bordeaux avec une grosse communauté polynésienne (ils viennent pour les études et le surf lol) et ayant un très bon ami de La Réunion je prêche les mérites de l'outre-mer à qui voudra bien m'entendre. J'aimerais vraiment aller faire un tour à La Réunion ou à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon un de ces jours d'ailleurs.
100% d'accord, j'ai l'impression que toutes les vidéos RUclips sur les DROMTOMs françaises présentent la France comme une puissance impérial qui exploite ses territoires alors que honnetement pas du tout...
@@alost4076 from UNCLOS (United Nations convention on the laws of the seas) France have to extract the oil or let the neighbouring nations do so. However it is within France’s EEZ so France could make an environmental claim, especially since Reunion and Mayotte are dependant on fishing for the local economy.
Reunion and Mayotte might be useless not, but in 2046 when the Antarctic treaty is up for review it can be a very useful EU port for stopovers when going to Antartica.
French sovereignty over the islands are actually in the best interest of France.
@@alost4076 Wow... what a case for french "generosity". My foot!
So there is one exception to what you said. New Caledonia has a large indigenous population that do not want to be part of France. They do not make up a majority but in is a large minority. On that topic the French possessions in the Pacific Ocean have more autonomy then any other part of France and even have there own currency, the CFP franc.
As an EU-citizen (not French) this made me happy. Vive la France!
We are here for you, we protect European friends I can die for all européen peoples
Vive whatever European country you're from !
France will become islamic country.
France is now atheist but will come Islamic
@@abontichowdhury5104 Nah we don't believe in superstitions (that includes religion)
@@abontichowdhury5104 no dont worry there is still 30 millions of christians in France
9:51 : Fun Fact about the Rainbow Warrior : the "French Operatives" that planted the bomb on the ecologists' ship in 1985 approached on a small inflatable boat. That boat was piloted by a man named Gérard Royal, whose sister (Ségolène Royal) became *Ministry of Ecology* in 2014.
Oh, the sweet, sweet irony.
5:46 I'm so happy to hear you say that ! I'm from Reunion Island and you wouldn't even believe how many times people have asked me about the " natives " of the Island 😭
Le pauvre...
Ducoup tu a quelles origines ?
Des origines françaises et indiennes, et possiblement africaine mais ça c'est pas sûr ^^
😂 😂 😂
Beaucoup de gens parfois croient que l'on a volé ces terres à un quelconque peuple. C'est oublié que pas mal de ces îles étaient inhabités avant que l'on vienne.
There is another factor to remember here. Different French overseas territories have different level of governing autonomy. French Polynesia and New Caledonia, for example, even have their own currency; the Pacifique Franc while Reunion is a fully fledged French Department and uses Euro. Reunion island is the most multi-ethnic island I've ever been too. It has every race of human from every continent living together in harmony. Racism is unthinkable there.
Then ima visit there. Sure it's gonna be good
Yeah me too but don't tell anyone else
Speaking of French Polynesian currency, this is a true story that happened to me:
Me: *Sticks hand in the change slot of a random machine at Walmart because why not*
Me: oH CoOL
The coins were eight quarters and a ten CFP Franc coin... Worth 2.097 USD lol
Yeah, just don’t bring Americans there, otherwise you’ll hear nothing but Americans talking about race.
"Racism is unthinkable there." By definition, the existence of racism requires people of at least two different races living in the same country, so your logic doesn't make sense.
It's always exciting to learn about our neighbors to the West.
Greetings from Germany 🇫🇷🇩🇪
It's always plesant seeing Germans being intrested
Greetings from France🇨🇵🇩🇪
Ehhh ouais, on est partout 😂, coucou d'Alsace
@@piepiep2368 If you think you're everywhere, then you haven't seen those Indians.
@@abdulmohid3519 Ummm yeah
Salut
VIVE LA FRANCE - love from INDIA
Love india from France. I mean you fucked the britts lol
"Within the red zone, you are *unfortunately* less than 1000 km from France"
As a non-french living in France, I can confirm
As a *french* living in France, I can also confirm.
I'm somewhat near France I'm moving to Japan
Hmm I wonder why France is hated or maybe it's all just a giant meme like a certain language... Cough English... Cough
@@Lynn.-_-. As a half-british living in England, I can confirm that england as well as the english language is a joke
@@Lynn.-_-. maybe because in regards to the crime of rape in france
“unlike elsewhere, there is no presumption of coercion if a sexual minor is involved. Most other countries in Europe, including Spain, Belgium, Britain, Switzerland, Denmark and Austria, have a legal age of consent. Most of the age minimums range between 14 and 16 years of age. Fixing a specific age of consent means that children and adolescents below that age cannot, regardless of circumstances, be considered consenting to sex; their very age renders them incapable. As a result, an adult in most European nations who has sex with someone under this age would be charged with rape, even if violent force is not used.”
France basically has no age of consent
Napoleon: "C'est magnifique".
English-It is magnificent
@@varalakshmivishnukumar1440 he sah
Napoleon " its beautifull"
France also owns several properties inside the city of Jerusalam (mostly churches) which were given to France by the Ottoman Empire and still are officially property of France, I.e. Israeli police is not allowed to enter without passport.
They are like embassies though aren't they ?
Because before the crusades Jerusalem was under the rule of Baudouin IV King of Jérusalem (1174-1185) who was part french and part Armenian.
It's not exactly like that, the sovereignty of this compound is fully Israeli, Israelis don't need passports to enter any place in Jerusalem, and the Israeli police doesn't enter these religious sites out of respect and official policy, not because they can't. If a suspect of a crime enters the church, the Israeli police will ask the Patriarch to take care of it. There won't be a Julian Assange situation there.
Actually they were given to France because French built them (Crusaders were French)
Israeli police can enter, it is Israel's territory. As it is mostly churches and except if there is a real danger they just ask israeli police to leave weapons outside. That's why they do not go inside 😅.
Thank you so much.
Despite your obvious insulting tone toward me and my country, i think this is an actual feel good video for any frenchman.
The general consensus here is that France is decaying and slowly disappearing . You greatly corrected that idea with very specific facts and great maps.
YES the sun never sets on French lands, YES we have control and presence on every oceans of the globe, YES we are conducting projects as great as Space exploration or nuclear power. YES we are a major political and military actor of the curent century !
Oh man i wish we could show this video to all the depressive "France is Decaying" ideologists around.
Love from France.
Fun fact, that paning shot of "Kansas" is actually a shot of Kansas City, Missouri. Also the tower is the National WW1 meuseum. Great place
Yeah thats what I thinking the whole time😂
Lol said the same thing
Why did you do that Americans
I had to call that out too. Lol. Having grown up in Kansas I could tell right away that was KCMO
Fun fact, it is Kansas City…….
Dude, your videos could not possibly be more informative! I could literally fast forward to any random spot of your videos and learn something new within 10 seconds! Your videos are absolutely packed with great information with absolutely no "fluff" (other content providers take note!). Congratulations again on being one of the best channels on RUclips!
Hi are you an American
@@AnshuSingh-wi7sk Yes I am.
@@TampaCEO hi i am indian
@@TampaCEO you can speak hindi
Just a quick correction about French Economic Zone.
It's actually bigger than shown as it spans the entire Kerguelen Continental shelf which is huge.
Great video though
It actually shares nearly half the shelf with Australia. It's not entirely French.
@@abydos7775 Kerguelen island is the size of the Netherlands and they have people living on it it's weird they don't own more
@@abydos7775 Correct, I forgot the Heard and McDonald islands, but the continental shelf part is still interesting as it's a rare case of Economic Zones going further than the usual distance
Nice video !!! Happy to learn things about my "old country" 🙂
Just an hint : you took images from Ariane IV ! This rocket isn't in activity anymore since a long time. We are now launching (in 2023) Ariane VI ! Way bigger rockets ;-)
RLL: "The U.S. State of Kansas"
*Shows picture of Missouri*
“The state you think about so little, that’s not Kansas, that’s Missouri, *this* is Kansas
@@rubiconprime1429 Thank you John Oliver.
I'm french and I'm very proud of my country (also I live in Guadeloupe in carrabeen)
@@cyclolcycgd Literally what he said
Trop le feu la Guadeloupe 🙌
Guadeloupe, un classique
Ma mère est saintoise ! J’y suis allé deux fois seulement, c’était génial. J’adore notre pays aussi, son histoire.
La Guadeloupe c'est vraiment une merveille ❤
Fun fact: Wallis and Futuna have their own king of the island but still under control of the French Republic
As a dutchmen who wants to buy jungle property overseas in the future this video is super interesting. I could aquire me some land in one of these places without having to worry about visas an citizenship since im european 🤙🏼
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Schengen agreement only applies to countries, not overseas territories or some European islands, like the ones in the Baltic sea, if i'm not mistaken. The agreement is full of exceptions like this one, for a few other European countries.
You can travel to those locations for holidays, with only an ID, if you are a European citizen, but you'll need a work permit if you plan on staying.
Thanks for pointing out. I didn't know about this. Does this apply to all overseas territory?
fucking pirates
@@Ysundeneth
You obviously don't know what is Schengen... Schengen membership and European Union membership are 2 different things.
Schengen is about control, which means there are no border control between member states... you can freely go from Spain to France to Germany to Poland without being checked at the border and if you are checked you don't need a visa or passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen). That's what Schengen is.
And if you are for exemple an American tourist visiting Germany for exemple with a 3 months VISA, you can freely move to France or Italy or any other Schengen member state and stay there as long as your 3 months VISA allows it, you're not forced to stay in Germany. However you can't take a flight from Germany to French Guiana with a VISA for Germany, but you can freely take a train from Munich to Paris to visit France.
Nothing to do with European citizenship which means you can freely live and stay and work in any other EU member state with just your ID.
Ireland is part of the EU but not part of Schengen which means there are border controls even from other EU member states YET any European citizen can freely move to Ireland and live there.
Switzerland is part of Schengen which means you can freely cross Switzerland if you want to go from France to Italy for exemple without VISA or Passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen), but it's not part of the EU which means a French or an Italian can freely cross Swtizerland but can't live and stay there with their European citizenship. French Guiana is fully part of France which means any European citizen (so any Dutch) can move and live there as if he was French, however it's not part of Schengen which means there are border controls.
@@gontrandjojo9747 Yes, you are right. I got mixed up and the overseas territory wrong too. I blame that lovely bottle of Ménétou Salon and some hereditary brain farting. It's actually French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna, where you need a work permit, even if you are an EU national . So, @unknownmovement can have a great time in all the other overseas territories we have. Merry Christmas.
Well researched good job.
I was not aware France was that big.
@Cats are Comrades [dogs based, too] May I asked why? I thought since they are owned my Denmark they would be considered as part of the EU?
France: The quiet kid amongst the world's nations
Austria is gone 4:27 not speak up
@Maciej Krüger : _"France: The quiet kid amongst the world's nations"_
Actually, not that much.
nah thats switzerland
Nah it's just cuz nobody else understands French nor how the French pronounce English, so they take their utterings for background noise..
@@cathjj840 only dumb and not educated people dont understand french...its not for everybody
This real life lore was really damn interesting
In France mobile data are a way cheaper 😉 5€ (~5.50$) for 120 gigas and unlimited calls and texts
Nice video btw I’m french and learned several things ! It’s a good way for ppl to discover our country and the various locations (there’s not only Paris) this vid is pretty accurate well done 👍.It’s sad that we don’t talk more about our overseas territories…
5€ euros pour 120 Giga ????? T'es chez qui stp
@@Enisss bouygues mais je crois que c’était une offre spéciale qui est plus dispo mtn
France History is great. It has always been an unrivaled hard and soft power in the world for centuries. What a beautiful country!
@John Johnson Well I suggest you pick up a history book because you're clearly lacking in that department
Yes, they perform terrorism to continue nuking the ocean; which contributes to killing ecosystem, how beautiful! And when they are told off, they kill as revenge A country that bans women from wearing hijabs! How amazing.
@John Johnson Is that the smell of salt?
@@Fengsuave_ same as in some countries you are forced to wear hijab despite you are a foreigner. Double standard much.
Your answer will be "but it's their culture, respect it or don't go there".
Well, France is a judeo-Christian country, respect that culture or don't go there
@John Johnson Nah, you do.
Being near the equator is also important because an orbital plane change maneuver is incredibly expensive in terms of delta-v, and most payloads want to be in an equatorial orbit. So your options are to use bigger, more expensive rockets, or launch closer to the equator.
Also, you want a water to be east of your launch site, since that is where your rocket boosters will land, that is another reason why it is in Guyane and why it is in Florida and not California that the US launch sites are
2:06 This explains why there are South-to-North Korean defectors; they are just moving to an area with a more manageable level of background France exposure. Obviously, every location has a certain level of exposure risk, but if you are looking to minimize your vulnerability, crossing the border seems like a pretty prudent decision.
You never know. The French have a habit of going "fuck it, we're an empire again." and start invading and bulldozing over their neighbours.
it's a nation where a small group quite freely exploit a larger group, that's appealing to some trash humans assuming they'll be in the small group
@@UESCBattleDroid It's the Russians that are doing that today!
@@Marcusjnmc so can you give any example where such a thing _doesn't_ happen? ... i'll wait.
@@UESCBattleDroid Indeed we still crave for some prettier natural borders like the ones of 1801 but we never know when to stop because 1812 was a bit much to have from Hamburg and Lubeck on the Baltic sea, to Zagreb and to Barcelona 😅
You make it sound so ominous but being French it's just middle and highschool geography class to me
France is absolutely Huge 11.7 Million square miles of Ocean absolutely insane and incredible
Lol 🤣
The entire territory of France combined is less than 8% of the Brazilian territory...
>
Tiny Earth is an insignificant nano-fart blue rock lost in the immensity of the universe.
@@viniciusart9812 No the way to compare is like this : France is the biggest country in Europe (after the biggest country in the world Russia), and Brazil is the biggest country in South America
To give you an idea : during my life I had friends from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana, Madagascar (I know, independent), New Caledonia, La Réunion, and probably more that I forget. Never seen anyone from or who has ever been to Saint Pierre & Miquelon though. But it is a known place, as it's the only French territory in North America. Also, I had friends moving to La Réunion, and many visiting those places for the holidays. So mainland France is not at all disconnected from those overseas territories, far from it. People from French Caribbean islands are common, so much that we can tell their accent apart from say, people of same skin color and facial features but coming from African French speaking countries.
The French government makes it also possible for its civil servants to work in overseas territories, or the other way around. Teachers can start their carreer in Paris then go on in Tahiti or Réunion. It's also possible for non-government workers -but less common.
Ma mère vient de Saint Pierre et j'y suis déjà allé, maintenant tu as "vu" quelqu'un :D
Par contre ,Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon n'est pas le seul territoire Français en Amérique du Nord ,l'Amérique central et les Caraïbes font aussi partie de l'Amérique du Nord . Donc la Guadeloupe et la Martinique aussi .
As a french midshooler one of my classmates was from st pierre et miquelon. Didn't get at the time how rare this was (as they are 6000 people living there).
It seems like because France became a republic while colonialism was still happening, the territories they gained during that time are recognized as part of France itself rather than a monarch's possessions, which has unusual benefits for France and the EU. France actually seems pretty unique in that regard. Wonder how much territory the UK would still control if their overseas territories had seats in Parliament and felt represented?
Are we counting Commonwealth countries?
The Portuguese overseas territories had parliamentary representation (Angola, Mozambique, the State of India, Macau) and those were still decolonised. The difference being perhaps that France had a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Portugal and Spain did not.
Regarding the UK, there are still many far-flung territories which are considered "part of the UK", just that they have generally tiny populations and thus self-government doesn't amount to much. I'm certain if the UK were as culturally imperialist as France is (ask the Bretons), it could have kept Canada and Australia by placing them in the same position as Scotland and Wales.
@@njdevilku1340 nah to large for that to work, French Guyana works because even though its large its population is so tiny even compared to the other Guyana its better off staying in France
That and most of the Commonwealth was built mostly upon continent with other cultures prior to the empire (like Africa and Asia)
Maybe New Zealand wouldve stayed though with a bunch of islands everywhere
@@tiagorodrigues3730 I think the Portuguese had to decolonise because of rebellions in these territories, due to the fact that segregation still happend (don't know how present it was though), and the territories in India where invaded by India, and the Portuguese had no way to get them back
We French have indeed a lot of Overseas Territories. All our French territories are part of France. Yet we're planning to expand/widesprear our Empire.🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷
The main reason we have a lot. It's because we're jealous of the British 🇬🇧.
We French can't afford the World speaking English.
Vive la France ! Vive la Francophonie !
Vive notre Empire ! Long live our Empire !
As a french I can tell you it's a good thing to be able to get a job at the other side of the world and still be in France ^^
France is truly a great nation. It's really funny tho that people remember them for being weak in WW2 when they had almost won every other conflict and conquered half of the globe.
France embodies the values and the spirit of true European Union. It's very unfortunate that Germany dominated politically. Vive la France 🇫🇷🇬🇷
A worthy opponent.
Love you Greece, as a French I always see Greece as our mother and the Roman Empire as our father ⚜🇫🇷🧡🇬🇷⚜
Wow I thought greek ppl didn’t like us 😅 thnx
Greece is beautiful btw
"France embodies the values and the spirit of true European Union"
Especially in the crimes they continue to commit in Africa today.
Well, Germany was the leader of Europe ever since the fall of Rome and has always been the leader ever since! Fun fact: The Franks were more German than French, and the Holy Roman Empire was considered to be the largest European country (despite it only consisting of a mess of smaller kingdoms, duchies, vassals, etc.) until the age of discovery, and the rise of imperialism. That's why, if the European Union ever unites as one country, German will be the major language, followed by French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Polish, Spanish, Greek, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Swedish, Latvian, Finnish, and Estonian as minor languages.
This video just... kept going. I thought it would end on three separate occasions. Yeesh France owns soooo much more ocean space than I expect
I'm a simple baguette, I see France, I click and like
That's a peaceful life
Although it doesn't own a territory in Asia anymore, its influence in Vietnam through its baguettes still lives on in bánh mì.