I can't vouch for France, but one of the problems about doing a night rating in Spain is that they do not appear to recognise night VFR. That means that an IFR flight plan has to be filed for the flights which therefore cannot include touch and goes.
It also raises the question of solo night flying. Unless you have an IR you cannot legally file an IFR flight plan since you would have to land from an instrument approach.
We get round it where I work by going to Portugal for the circuits!