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French Occupy Street in Place Republique Paris for participative democracy

Dislodged by the police after 12 days


République Square Paris (Source: Rahma Sophia Rachdi )
Nuit Debout Banner
(Source: Rahma Sophia Rachdi)
USPA NEWS - The NUIT DEBOUT is a French movement quite similar to the Occupy Wall Street, of five years ago where the youngsters initiated the pacific street debates of democracy. In France at that moment the situation was not reaching the levels of poverty and succession of reforms.
Nuit Debout Forum
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The NUIT DEBOUT is a French movement quite similar to the Occupy Wall Street, of five years ago where the youngsters initiated the pacific street debates of democracy. In France at that moment the situation was not reaching the levels of poverty and succession of reforms.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The economic crisis is reaching nowadays the highest levels of indignation and protest from the youngsters especially, but not only, as the unemployment has never bee so high with more than 10%.------------------------------------------------------------------ Two days, ago, the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, decided to stop the occupation of the Republique Square, and the polices forces came to “clean it up“. Some riots occurred, but they don´t seem to be due to the members of Nuit Debout, who claim a pacific movement far from violence and conflicts.
Reading Nuit Debout
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On the symbolic Place de la République, in the centre of Paris, Tuesday was 43 March and Wednesday 44 March. That´s one of the ways the young occupier of the movement NUIT DEBOUT, had a long sitting at Republique Square, to show and prove that they have decided not to play the game any more, and vowed to set up their own rules far from the conventional politics. Their aim is to convince other young or not, in their approach of creating a “participative democracy, in the street“. At the beginning, they are seen as very gentle and soft rebellious against the capitalism in general and financial economy, but day after day, as it grew up, the movement NUIT DEBOUT, is now taken very seriously. Some politicians, have even expressed their fears.
Read Nuit Debout
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Garden Nuit Debout
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Library Nuit Debout
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Garden Nuit Debout
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They expressed fears that a spontaneous movement but both spontaneous, unifying and also very determined. The fact also that this movement is devoid of "leader" had attenuated the magnitude of this political movement underlying, who eventually annoy both local residents, traders and the French authorities.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The lack of consistent leadership is consistent with democracy participatory approach, walking in the street. Because the movement runs through outfits (frequency every hour) general assembly, free and open public, after a presentation of the subject in question (Politics, culture, education, employment, housing, environment)
Interviewee Nuit Debout
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Banner Nuit Debout
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Artists at Nuit Debout
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Waste Garbage Nuit Debout
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Republique Metro
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République Square Nuit Debout
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Claims Nuit Debout
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Since political parties are agitated facing this citizens' initiative, which enjoys the sympathy of the audience or actors citizens of this movement.Since the Socialist Party launched last week a new movement of the "Beautiful People Alliance" rounding up supporters of left and extreme left. And Emmanuel Macron, current minister of economy in France, as he launched a movement "Run" to attract supporters of the left and right. M Macron although government member does not belong to any party politicians. This position earned him having strong supporters rate (%) has both left and right as he makes a speech and (Acts) which can be likened to both right and left. So no cleavage in this minister of a government of the left and therefore finds the most popular and favorite French minister (Poll). As Ségolène Royal Minister of Ecology present she had not launched in 2007 during his campaign for the presidential elections (Faced Nicolas Sarkozy that he was elected) his desire to “Participatory Democracy“ under the name of "Desires of future ".
Nuit Debout
Source: Rahma Sophia Rachdi
Democratie participative
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"En Marche" movement of E. Macron
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Repulique Square Nuit Debout
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Repulique Square Nuit Debout
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Repulique Square Nuit Debout
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