The difference is, France politics from don't seem to interfere with the players appreciation of their homeland. Like Özil (German) the French players are French first, but you can see how they channel their African sides (can't name all countries involved) on social media et al. They are not shy in celebrating their "other" side.
I wouldn't be so sure. France won, so in retrospect it doesn't look like they had the same problem as Germany. But if they had done a 2010 and f*cked everything up I'm pretty sure there would be similar 'othering' of the players with immigrant (black/arab specifically) backgrounds. Historically France are no better than Germany in terms of assimilating immigrants, in fact they're quite a bit worse.