not true!check this http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/html/codes_traduits/code_civil_textA.htm le code civil article21-17 and 18 read: Art. 21-17 (Act n° 93-933 of 22 July 1993) Subject to the exceptions laid down in Articles 21-18, 21-19 and 21-20, naturalisation may be granted only to an alien who p...