Título: French people
Seção: Citizenship and legal residence
Background: The French (French: Francais) are an ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France. This connection may be legal, historical, or cultural. Historically the French people's heritage is diverse, including populations of Gauls, Ligures, Latins, Franks, Iberians, Alamans and Norsemen. France has long been a patchwork of local customs and regional differences, and while most French people still speak the French language as their mother tongue, languages like Norman, Occitan, Catalan, Auvergnat, Corsican, Basque, French Flemish, Lorraine Franconian, Alsatian and Breton remain spoken in their respective regions.

Conteúdo: To be French, according to the first article of the French Constitution, is to be a citizen of France, regardless of one's origin, race, or religion (sans distinction d'origine, de race ou de religion). According to its principles, France has devoted itself to the destiny of a proposition nation, a generic territory where people are bounded only by the French language and the assumed willingness to live together, as defined by Ernest Renan's "plebiscite de tous les jours" ('everyday plebiscite') on the willingness to live together, in Renan's 1882 essay "Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?").  The debate concerning the integration of this view with the principles underlying the European Community remains open.  A large number of foreigners have traditionally been permitted to live in France and succeeded in doing so. Indeed, the country has long valued its openness, tolerance and the quality of services available. Application for French citizenship is often interpreted as a renunciation of previous state allegiance unless a dual citizenship agreement exists between the two countries (for instance, this is the case with Switzerland: one can be both French and Swiss). The European treaties have formally permitted movement and European citizens enjoy formal rights to employment in the state sector (though not as trainees in reserved branches, e.g., as magistrates).  Seeing itself as an inclusive nation with universal values, France has always valued and strongly advocated assimilation. How

user: What does it take to be a citizen?

assistant: Application for French citizenship is often interpreted as a renunciation of previous state allegiance unless a dual citizenship agreement exists between the two countries (

user: Are there certain countries frace works with to grant it more easily?

assistant: this is the case with Switzerland: one can be both French and Swiss

user: Are there any others that have this agreement?

assistant: The European treaties have formally permitted movement and European citizens enjoy formal rights to employment in the state sector

user: Which treaties are these called officially?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Who can have legal residence?

assistant: a generic territory where people are bounded only by the French language and the assumed willingness to live together,

user: What else is unique or significant about the residence

assistant: Application for French citizenship is often interpreted as a renunciation of previous state allegiance

user: What else must one do?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER