France’s General Directorate for External Security has a PRISM like system that intercepts and processes the metadata for billions of communications, including internet messaging, phone calls, SMS and even faxes. French politicians are said to be aware of the program, but have been sworn to secrecy. The program may be illegal, as French law does allow intercepts to be made on the grounds of security if the Prime Minister sanctions them, but there is no law that allows them to be stored. The Directorate allegedly shares the anonymized information with other six intelligence services, including the police and DGSE officials.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/07/France-Prism-surveillance-intercept-monitor-internet.html