I am french and I don't think playing the dick contest on who has the biggest freedom is smart.
Freedom in USA and France is decreasing because citizens are not involving themselves in the functioning of the Republics we live in.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I second Julie1 here, "When the citizen start to participate with their money, rather than their own self, the republic has been lost, taken away by the same politicians you are paying to write your laws and the militia you are paying for protection."