ZeroHedge?
David Icke?
Those are your sources of information?!
Plus, a limit for cash transactions is not capital controls, your little anecdote also not credible information....
When you arrive at an airport in France, there's a warning that the maximum sum you can legally carry is 10,000. Also, if you go to a French bank, the people there will look at you with suspicious eyes if you want to withdraw more than 1,000 cash.