I can't really comment on the state of the French section as I can't speak French and rarely go in there but I also rarely see any reports coming from that section either. If you want to help out then keep reporting. If reports are going unhandled then staff will see there's demand for another mod.
You didn't see any reports from us because we have try to deal with our actual moderator and between us in intern.
We also did votes with 85% for a new moderator :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2436163.msg24947101We are all outraged with that one WHO DON'T CARE WITH US - sorry for uppercase's but it's the only thing to say. The rest is not really important.