FranceListe CR, n° 121 · Rights and duties

Which example shows a limit on freedom to protect the general interest?

In the exam (French)

Quel exemple illustre une limitation de liberté pour protéger l'intérêt général ?

  1. aThe ban on criticising the government in the newspapersL’interdiction de critiquer le gouvernement dans les journaux
  2. bThe obligation to join a political party in order to voteL’obligation d’adhérer à un parti politique pour pouvoir voter
  3. cThe ban on marrying a person of foreign nationalityL’interdiction d’épouser une personne de nationalité étrangère
  4. dThe lockdown imposed during the Covid-19 epidemic in 2020Le confinement imposé pendant l’épidémie de Covid-19 en 2020Correct answer

Why?

Our freedoms have limits: the general interest, public order, health and the rights of others. In March 2020, the state of health emergency limited the freedom to come and go in order to slow down the epidemic. Criticising the government, on the other hand, is part of freedom of expression.

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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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