it's strange...
some foreign pilots say ATC in CDG is crap. and French pilots usually like it.... they say controllers adapt to pilots' requests, give direct routeings, it's flexible.
On the other hand, some of them say that in England (London), it's too rigid and always the same. "At that point, you can be sure you will be at that altitude, that speed, that heading, whether there are 20 or zero aircraft in the vicinity".
I'd also like to say that on the ground it's often a real mess..... but often, the controller is not to blame (or just up to a certain point).
Taxiing in CDG is very difficult, but Ground control too !! the guys who designed the taxiways should go to an asylum for insane people !! dumb ass taxiways, stupid round terminal 1, where the controller can't even see the aircrafts he controls !!!
those taxiways when you vacate 27L... real nonsense !!!!
and it's not the only nonsense....