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I can't even imagine the protests that will erupt due to this.
I doubt there will be any. The average person doesn't care about online privacy or about the expansion of the surveillance state in my experience.
The average French person is tired of all the terrorist attacks and riots. Without discounting that migration does cause issues, the French are also often quite racist against their Muslim countrymen. They'll assume it'll primarily be used to target them.
I feel sorry for the normal French people. Realistically, the French get a choice in the next election. They'll likely get to choose between: