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Signal
CommunicationEnd-to-end encrypted messenger. Enable disappearing messages and screen lock for protest groups. The built-in photo editor can blur faces.
Install: Google Play · App Store
Sources: Signal — Blur tools
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Briar
CommunicationPeer-to-peer messenger that works without Internet (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi) when the mobile network is saturated.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid
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Meshtastic
CommunicationText messages over LoRa radio, without mobile network or Internet, via a small device paired with your phone. Range of several kilometres as a mesh. Use a private channel: the default one can be read by anyone.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid · App Store
Sources: Meshtastic — Chiffrement
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Bitchat
CommunicationBluetooth mesh messenger between phones, with no Internet or account, on Android and iPhone. Experimental: a fixed identifier and the nickname are broadcast in clear text, which allows a phone to be tracked. Keep it for non-sensitive information.
Install: Google Play · App Store
Sources: Bitchat — Whitepaper (identity and metadata)
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Element (Matrix)
CommunicationDecentralized messenger built on Matrix, suited to collectives and large groups.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid · App Store
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Tor Browser
Digital securityBrowser that hides your IP address by routing traffic through the Tor network.
Install: Google Play
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Orbot
Digital securityRoutes your phone apps' traffic through the Tor network (Android and iOS).
Install: Google Play · App Store
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Mullvad VPN
Digital securityPaid VPN with no named account or e-mail; cash payment accepted.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid · App Store
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KeePassXC
Digital securityLocal, encrypted password manager.
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Surveillance Self-Defense (EFF)
Digital securityEFF guides (available in French) to protect your phone and communications, including a guide for attending protests.
Sources: EFF — Guide : Assister à une manifestation
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Technopolice
Digital securityLa Quadrature du Net campaign documenting police surveillance (cameras, drones, facial recognition) in France.
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La Quadrature du Net
Digital securityFrench digital rights association.
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mat2
Digital securityRemoves metadata (GPS location, device, date) from photos, videos and documents before publishing them.
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PHAROS — Signaler un contenu illicite
Digital securityOfficial platform to report illegal online content: threats, calls to violence, publication of personal data.
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CNIL — Droit à l'effacement
Digital securityHow to request removal of your personal data published online (photos, address, exposed information).
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ProofMode
Film & archiveApp (Guardian Project and WITNESS) that adds verification data (hash, date, device) to your photos and videos to prove they have not been altered.
Install: Google Play · App Store
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eyeWitness to Atrocities
Film & archiveInternational Bar Association app: verifiable capture and upload to secure storage, kept apart from the phone gallery. Designed to document international crimes.
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WITNESS — Video as Evidence Field Guide
Film & archiveReference guide to make your footage usable as evidence: framing, context, chain of custody, protecting the people filmed.
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WITNESS — Archiver ses vidéos
Film & archiveWITNESS resources to preserve your videos over time: copies, naming, metadata, backups off the phone.
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Wayback Machine — Save Page Now
Film & archivePublicly archives a web page (post, article, official statement) to keep a dated record even if it is deleted later.
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archive.today
Film & archiveSnapshot of a web page, including some social media posts, kept even if the original disappears.
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Ente Photos
Film & archiveAutomatic photo and video backup, end-to-end encrypted: the provider cannot see your images.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid · App Store
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Proton Drive
Film & archiveEnd-to-end encrypted cloud storage with automatic photo backup from your phone.
Install: Google Play · App Store
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Guide du manifestant arrêté (Syndicat de la magistrature)
Legal helpReference guide on your rights: ID checks, police custody, fast-track trials, police files (2024 edition).
Sources: Le guide du manifestant arrêté, éd. Le Passager clandestin (fiche librairie)
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Défenseur des droits
Legal helpIndependent authority, free to contact about police misconduct or violations of children's rights.
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Ligue des droits de l'Homme
Legal helpCivil liberties association; its local observatories document police practices at protests.
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Barreau de Paris — gardes à vue de mineurs
Legal helpParis Bar statement on mass custody of high-school students. A minor in custody is entitled to a lawyer, a doctor and to have their parents notified.
Sources: Service-Public — Retenue ou garde à vue d'un mineur
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Amnesty France — mouvement lycéen
Legal helpAmnesty International update on high-school blockades and the rights of young protesters.
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Legal Team Paris–IDF
Legal helpAnti-repression hotline of the Paris coordination against police repression: report an arrest, get referred to a lawyer, follow-up after custody. Signal preferred, or stoprepression@riseup.net.
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Legal Team Paris–IDF — répression du mouvement lycéen
Legal helpLegal Team report on the repression of high-school students and steps to take after an arrest.
Sources: Amnesty — Mouvement lycéen : point sur la situation
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RAJCOL — collectifs antirépression locaux
Legal helpCollective legal self-defense network: list of legal teams and anti-repression groups by city in France, to find the one near you.
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Caisse de soutien antirépression Paris–IDF
Legal helpSupport fund of the Paris coordination against police repression, paying legal fees for prosecuted people.
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Service-Public — Garde à vue
Legal helpOfficial page: length, rights (lawyer, doctor, relative, interpreter, silence) and procedure of police custody.
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Service-Public — Retenue ou garde à vue d'un mineur
Legal helpOfficial page on minors' specific safeguards: parents notified, lawyer, medical examination.
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Service-Public — Comparution immédiate
Legal helpOfficial page on fast-track trials, a common outcome after custody following a protest.
Sources: Actu-Juridique — Liberté de manifester : une répression kafkaïenne
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Service-Public — Aide juridictionnelle
Legal helpState coverage of all or part of legal fees depending on your income.
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Amnesty France — Nos droits en manifestation
Legal helpAmnesty guide to the right to protest in France (notification, bans, protective gear), including a version for minors.
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Amnesty France — Filmer les forces de l'ordre
Legal helpWhat the law says about filming, photographing or recording police officers.
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LDH — Filmer les forces de l'ordre (fiche)
Legal helpHuman Rights League fact sheet on the right to film and share footage of police operations.
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LDH — Que faire face aux violences policières ? (2026)
Legal helpLDH fact sheet (April 2026): steps after police violence (medical certificate, complaint, report, witnesses).
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IGGN — Plateforme de signalement (gendarmerie)
Legal helpOnline report of a gendarme's conduct to the gendarmerie inspectorate. A report is not a criminal complaint.
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Legal Team Marseille
Legal helpMarseille anti-repression legal team: emergency line after arrests, lawyer referrals, trial follow-up. Email: legalteam-marseille@riseup.net.
Sources: Mars-infos — Rubrique Legal-Team Marseille, RAJCOL — Réseau d'autodéfense juridique collective
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Legal Team Lyon — Caisse de solidarité de Lyon
Legal helpLyon anti-repression collective acting as the local legal team: report an arrest, list of lawyers to name in custody, financial support. Reachable on Signal; open office on the first Thursday of each month.
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CLAJ — Collectif lillois d'autodéfense juridique
Legal helpLille legal self-defense collective: line to report an arrest, rights fact sheets, lawyer contacts. Signal preferred, or claj@riseup.net.
Sources: RAJCOL — collectifs locaux : Lille
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Antirep Nantes (Indymedia Nantes)
Legal helpAnti-repression information published before each mobilization in Nantes, including the legal teams' numbers for the day: check the latest post.
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Antirep Rennes (Expansive.info)
Legal helpRennes anti-repression section on Expansive.info: practical advice in case of arrest or police custody, legal team drop-in sessions and anti-repression psychological support (SPARR: sparr@riseup.net).
Sources: Expansive.info — Un·e proche interpellé·e, qu'est-ce que je fais ?, Expansive.info — SPARR (Soutien Psy Anti Répression Rennes)
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LDH — Attroupement et dispersion (fiche)
Legal helpLDH fact sheet: what an unlawful assembly is, how dispersal warnings work and what you risk by staying.
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Conseil d'État — schéma de maintien de l'ordre (2021)
Legal helpRuling of 10 June 2021 annulling, among others, the rules on encirclement (kettling) and some rules on journalists.
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Service-Public — Organiser une manifestation
Legal helpOfficial page: prior notification to the town hall or prefecture, deadlines, information to provide.
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Service-Public — Droit de grève (secteur privé)
Legal helpOfficial page: no notice required in the private sector, no sanction for striking, proportional pay deduction.
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Service-Public — Droit de grève (fonction publique)
Legal helpOfficial page: 5 clear days' notice filed by a union, pay deductions.
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CGT Santé Action Sociale
OrganizingSite of the CGT federation for health and social action (hospitals, social and medico-social sectors). “Qui sommes-nous” page and contacts published.
Sources: CGT Santé Action Sociale
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CFDT Santé-Sociaux
OrganizingSite of the CFDT Santé-Sociaux federation. Contact page and press contact published.
Sources: CFDT Santé-Sociaux
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FNAS-FO (action sociale)
OrganizingSite of the Force ouvrière national federation for social action. “Qui sommes-nous?” and contact pages published.
Sources: FNAS-FO (action sociale)
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CFE-CGC Santé Social
OrganizingSite of the CFE-CGC Health and Social federation. Contact page published.
Sources: CFE-CGC Santé Social
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SUD Santé Sociaux
Organizing ⚠ UnconfirmedSUD Santé Sociaux federation (Solidaires). Address cited in the sector’s joint union statements.
Sources: SUD Santé Sociaux
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Collectif d'Action Judiciaire (CAJ)
Legal help ⚠ UnconfirmedCollective offering a kit to contest fines for taking part in a banned demonstration: strategies, collective defence, template letters. The kit is requested by e-mail or through its Instagram bio. It is a collective's view, not a statute.
Sources: CAJ — kit pour contester les amendes (publication Instagram)
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Caisse de solidarité
OrganizingFrench non-profit (loi 1901, created in 2016) that helps workers in struggle: donations with no counterpart, public accounts on a "Transparence" page, map of local funds.
Sources: Caisse de solidarité — L'asso
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Service-Public — Retenue pour vérification du droit au séjour
Legal helpOfficial page on holding a foreign national to check their right of residence: duration, rights, possible outcomes.
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La Cimade
Legal helpAssociation supporting foreign nationals: legal help desks, support against removal orders and detention.
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GISTI
Legal helpInformation and support group for migrants: legal notes and analysis on immigration law.
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CIDJ — Droit de manifester des lycéens
Legal helpWhat high-school students may do: protest, but no right to strike; unexcused absences; blockades not allowed.
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LICRA
Legal helpLeague against racism and antisemitism: legal service supporting victims of racist or antisemitic acts.
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SOS Racisme
Legal helpAnti-racism association: support for victims of discrimination and racist violence.
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SOS homophobie
Legal helpListening and support for victims of anti-LGBT violence, including assaults.
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Service-Public — Audition libre
Legal helpOfficial page: your rights if summoned by the police for a voluntary interview ("audition libre": leave at any time, lawyer, silence).
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Défenseur des droits — Lanceurs d'alerte
Legal helpGuides and protects whistleblowers, including against retaliation for reporting.
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Les gestes à adopter en manif (brochure street medics)
Health & first aidStreet medics booklet: protecting yourself and responding to tear gas, injuries and fainting at protests.
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Soins post-manif (brochure)
Health & first aidBooklet on after-protest care: injuries, tear gas effects, psychological aftermath.
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Medicaction — Guides street medics
Health & first aidStreet medics collective: protest first-aid guides and the two-page leaflet "Les gestes à adopter en manif" (kit, tear gas, arrests, handling an injured person, useful numbers). In French.
Sources: Medicaction — Les gestes à adopter en manif (fiche recto-verso, juillet 2024)
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Maintiendelordre.fr
News & agendaIndependent journalism project (created 2020): explainer sheets on police units, weapons (LBD, launchers, GENL, GM2L, ASSD, EF-SON and GL-304 grenades) and rules on the use of force. In French.
Sources: Maintiendelordre.fr — À propos (méthodologie), Maintiendelordre.fr — Réponse graduée
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Flagrant déni
Legal helpInvestigative NGO for the rights of victims of police violence: legal guide, investigations into impunity and compensation, referrals to lawyers and collectives. In French.
Sources: Flagrant déni — Qui sommes-nous ? (actions : droit, enquête, soutien aux victimes)
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France Victimes (116 006)
Health & first aidVictim support network: free listening, psychological and legal support, 7 days a week at 116 006.
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Gaz lacrymogènes : effets à long terme (Reporterre)
Health & first aidTestimonies and survey of exposed protesters: respiratory, skin or digestive symptoms lasting days or weeks.
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Rapport sur la toxicité du gaz CS (Reporterre)
Health & first aidOverview of the Toxicologie-Chimie association report (2020), a literature review on CS gas effects. Not a clinical study: some hypotheses, such as cyanide, remain debated.
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Usage massif des lacrymogènes : l'inquiétude des scientifiques (Reporterre)
Health & first aidWhat international research says about repeated or confined exposure, and what is still unknown.
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Amnesty — Le gaz lacrymogène
Health & first aidAmnesty column on tear gas dangers, especially in large quantities, repeatedly or in enclosed spaces.
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Gaz lacrymogènes et santé des femmes (Allodocteurs)
Health & first aidWhat is known about menstrual cycle disorders reported after exposure, and open questions.
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Gaz lacrymogènes : des effets invalidants à long terme ? (Handicap.fr)
Health & first aidArticle on possible lasting after-effects and on people with existing conditions (asthma, chronic illness).
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Cn2r — psychotraumatisme
Health & first aidNational resource centre on psychological trauma: understand it and find a regional care centre (adults and minors).
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3919 — Violences Femmes Info
Health & first aidFree anonymous 24/7 line for victims of sexist and sexual violence, including at protests, and their relatives.
📞 3919
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3018 — e-Enfance
Health & first aidFree confidential national number against cyberharassment (phone, chat, messaging), help removing content.
📞 3018
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Lacrymos de sang
Health & first aidParticipatory survey on tear gas effects on the menstrual cycle: online questionnaire to share your experience and a selection of sources (studies, reports, articles). An activist project, not a scientific study.
Sources: Hassan et al., More than tears (Frontiers in Epidemiology, 2023)
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More than tears — étude sur le gaz lacrymogène et la santé reproductive (2023)
Health & first aidPeer-reviewed study (Frontiers in Epidemiology, 2023) of 1,276 protesters: exposure on 5+ days is associated with 2.6 times higher odds of adverse outcomes (uterine cramping, early bleeding, breast tenderness).
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Amnesty — Gaz lacrymogènes : quels dangers, que dit la loi ?
Health & first aidWhat is known about tear gas dangers and the legal framework for its use.
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Demosphere
News & agendaAlternative calendar of protests and gatherings (local editions).
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17 octobre — Gilets jaunes
Navigation & transport ⚠ UnconfirmedCoordination site for the mobilization “acts”, with an interactive map of actions and a calendar. The listed publishers are collectives (Coordination régionale Bloquons tout Île-de-France, Peuple RÉVOLTÉ Maintenant!, Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout); a contact is published. Visitors can add their own actions to the map, with no stated moderation: cross-check place and time with another source (unions, local groups, press) before going. Signing the call requires a name (or nickname), city and e-mail; the site states it sets no cookies and never publishes the e-mail.
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Manifs et handicap (Reporterre)
News & agendaReport on the barriers disabled people face when protesting and practices for more accessible marches.
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La Horde
News & agendaAntifascist activist site documenting far-right groups' activity. Committed content, not edited by a professional newsroom.
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AFP Factuel
News & fact-checkingAgence France-Presse fact-checking service: rumors, fake images and out-of-context videos.
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Droit à l'Info
News & fact-checkingResource centre for disinformation narratives repeated in the media (climate, migration), with a reference fact-check, sources and talking points. Initiative of QuotaClimat and Les Surligneurs. In French.
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Les Surligneurs
News & fact-checkingOutlet fighting political disinformation, checking public figures' claims from a legal angle. In French.
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Les Décodeurs (Le Monde)
News & fact-checkingLe Monde's fact-checking and data journalism section (some articles paywalled).
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CheckNews (Libération)
News & fact-checkingLibération's service answering readers' questions and checking viral claims.
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Vrai ou Fake (franceinfo)
News & fact-checkingFact-checking section of franceinfo (French public broadcaster).
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Arrêt sur images
News & fact-checkingIndependent outlet analyzing and critiquing media coverage (partly paywalled).
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Acrimed (Action Critique Médias)
News & fact-checkingIndependent media observatory since 1996: analyses editorial bias, partisan framing and media coverage of social movements and policing, free to read.
Sources: Acrimed — Dossier « Mouvements sociaux », Le Monde diplomatique & Acrimed — Médias français : qui possède quoi ?
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Médias français : qui possède quoi ? (Le Monde diplomatique & Acrimed)
News & fact-checkingAnnually updated map by Le Monde diplomatique and Acrimed showing which industrial groups, financial groups and billionaires control the press, TV and radio in France (open data on GitHub).
Sources: GitHub — Données ouvertes et sources de l'infographie (mdiplo/Medias_francais), Acrimed — Action Critique Médias
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INDEX — Investigation visuelle
News & fact-checkingIndependent investigative NGO using 3D modelling and video synchronisation to reconstruct cases of state violence (Sainte-Soline, Nahel Merzouk, Zineb Redouane…) and test official accounts against material evidence.
Sources: INDEX — Enquêtes publiées, INDEX — À propos et méthodologie
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CDJM — Conseil de déontologie journalistique et de médiation
News & fact-checkingIndependent mediation body that anyone can refer a case to for free when an outlet breaches journalism ethics (inaccuracy, lack of verification, blurring fact and opinion); publishes its rulings.
Sources: CDJM — Présentation et modalités de saisine, CDJM — Les chartes de déontologie journalistique
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Arcom — Régulateur de l'audiovisuel et du numérique
News & fact-checkingIndependent public authority overseeing pluralism, honesty and accuracy of news on TV and radio; anyone can file a report and it publishes its formal notices and sanctions.
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Mediapart
News & fact-checkingIndependent, ad-free investigative newspaper funded by subscribers.
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Disclose
News & fact-checkingNon-profit investigative newsroom, free to read.
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StreetPress
News & fact-checkingIndependent outlet with extensive reporting on police violence and the far right, free to read.
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Reporterre
News & fact-checkingEcology daily with no ads or shareholders, free to read; covers mobilizations.
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Basta!
News & fact-checkingIndependent outlet on social, environmental and civil liberties issues, free to read.
Sources: Basta! — Portail des violences policières
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Paris-luttes.info
News & fact-checkingParticipatory activist site for Paris region: calls, reports and anti-repression info. Not edited by a professional newsroom.
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Reporters sans frontières
News & fact-checkingPress freedom NGO; documents attacks on journalists, including at protests.
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Anticor
News & fact-checkingState-accredited anti-corruption association authorized to bring legal action in breaches of probity cases; publishes updates on its court cases.
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Casier Politique
News & fact-checkingDatabase of convictions of French politicians, automatically extracted from Wikipedia and Wikidata by an AI model: check each record against its source before citing it.
Sources: Casier Politique — À propos / méthodologie
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Datan
News & fact-checkingIndependent tracker of French MPs' activity and votes in the National Assembly (roll-call vote participation rate, detailed votes, group alignment) based on parliamentary open data.
Sources: Datan — À propos
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HowTheyVote.eu
News & fact-checkingIndependent tracker of roll-call votes and voting participation rates of Members of the European Parliament, based on European Parliament open data.
Sources: HowTheyVote.eu — About & Methodology
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Poligraph
News & fact-checkingOpen-source citizen observatory of French politicians (MPs, senators, MEPs, ministers, mayors): votes and participation rates, asset declarations (HATVP), court cases (extracted from Wikidata and the press by AI: check each record's source) and fact-checks.
Sources: Poligraph — Dépôt et documentation (GitHub)
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Observatoire des multinationales
News & fact-checkingIndependent investigative outlet tracking major French corporations (CAC 40), their billionaire shareholders, dividend payouts and unconditional public subsidies (CICE, R&D tax credits, furlough schemes, sector aid) alongside layoffs.
Sources: Observatoire des multinationales — Enquête « Allô Bercy » (aides publiques aux entreprises), Observatoire des multinationales — À propos
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IRES — Un capitalisme sous perfusion (aides aux entreprises)
News & fact-checkingReference academic study (CLERSÉ-CNRS researchers for IRES, 2022) cataloguing all public subsidies to French businesses (grants, CICE and R&D tax credits, tax loopholes and social-contribution cuts, ~€157bn in 2019, the largest budget item) and analyzing the lack of conditions.
Sources: IRES — Un capitalisme sous perfusion : mesure, théories et effets macroéconomiques des aides publiques, France Stratégie — Évaluation des politiques publiques et suivi des aides aux entreprises
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EU Tax Observatory (Observatoire européen de la fiscalité)
News & fact-checkingIndependent research laboratory directed by economist Gabriel Zucman at the Paris School of Economics (PSE): annual reports and reference data on international tax evasion by billionaires and multinationals in tax havens.
Sources: EU Tax Observatory — Publications et Global Tax Evasion Report
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Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires
News & fact-checkingFrench coalition of around twenty organizations (including the tax-inspectors' union Solidaires Finances Publiques, Oxfam, Attac, Anticor, CCFD-Terre Solidaire) documenting tax fraud, aggressive corporate tax avoidance and tax-audit staffing.
Sources: Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires — Que font les paradis fiscaux ?, Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires — Les organisations membres
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Observatoire des inégalités
News & fact-checkingIndependent body compiling and verifying official data (INSEE, DREES, Finance Ministry) on income, wealth, poverty, taxation and public services in France.
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World Inequality Database (WID.world)
News & fact-checkingOpen global database by the World Inequality Lab (Paris School of Economics: Thomas Piketty, Lucas Chancel, Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez) tracking wealth and income concentration in France and worldwide.
Sources: WID.world — Données et graphiques pour la France
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FIPECO — Finances publiques et économie
News & fact-checkingIndependent association run by former Court of Audit magistrates and INSEE statisticians: plain-language sheets and verified figures on the state budget, social security, taxes (VAT, income tax, corporate tax, CSG) and public spending.
Sources: Cour des comptes — Rapports et évaluations des politiques publiques
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Basta! — Portail des violences policières
News & fact-checkingBasta! database recording people who died following a police operation in France since 1977 (over 860 documented cases with their judicial outcomes, downloadable as CSV).
Sources: Politis — Violences policières : Basta ! met à jour son portail, Politis — Morts suite à un tir policier : des chiffres records en 2021 et 2022, Reporterre — 27 personnes tuées par les forces de l'ordre en 2020, constate Basta!
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Allô Place Beauvau (Mediapart)
News & fact-checkingVerified, image-by-image record by journalist David Dufresne of 990 reports of police violence during the yellow vests movement (2018-2020), started on social media by tagging the Interior Ministry (@Place_Beauvau).
Sources: David Dufresne — Rubrique Allô Place Beauvau (davduf.net), Au Poste — Média indépendant de David Dufresne (auposte.fr), GIJN — Comment un journaliste freelance a réussi à briser un tabou médiatique en France
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Désarmons-les
News & agendaCollective documenting serious injuries and mutilations caused by policing weapons (LBD rubber bullets, grenades) and supporting injured protesters.
Sources: Désarmons-les — Liste des personnes tuées par les forces de l'ordre, Désarmons-les — Liste des personnes mutilées par les forces de l'ordre, Désarmons-les — Équipe d'avocat·es engagé·es sur les dossiers de violences policières, Désarmons-les — Brochures d'autodéfense et ressources
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Mutilés pour l'exemple
News & agendaCollective of people maimed by policing weapons (LBD rubber bullets, grenades) during the yellow vests movement, keeping a count of mutilations and supporting the injured.
Sources: Politis — Les « mutilés pour l'exemple » marchent et accusent, Public Sénat — Gilets jaunes : plus de 13 000 tirs de LBD depuis le début du mouvement, Tendance Ouest — Le Défenseur des droits demande la suspension des LBD
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Organic Maps
Navigation & transportOffline maps without tracking, useful when the mobile network is down or saturated.
Install: Google Play · F-Droid · App Store
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CryptPad
OrganizingEnd-to-end encrypted shared documents, spreadsheets, forms and folders: the host cannot read them. Usable without an account, ideal for sharing contact lists, plans or minutes within a group.
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Framasoft
OrganizingFree services (Framadate, Framaforms…) to organize without Big Tech.
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RATP — Info trafic
Navigation & transportClosed stations and disruptions in the Paris region, including closures requested by the prefecture on protest days.
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Vélib' Métropole
Navigation & transportBike sharing in Paris and its metropolitan area: stations and available bikes. Return the bike before joining the march.
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TCL — Transports en commun lyonnais
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Lyon metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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Vélo'v (Lyon)
Navigation & transportBike sharing in the Lyon metropolitan area: stations and available bikes. Return the bike before joining the march.
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RTM — Régie des transports métropolitains (Marseille)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of Marseille: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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Le vélo (Marseille)
Navigation & transportBike sharing in Marseille: stations and available bikes. Return the bike before joining the march.
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Tisséo (Toulouse)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Toulouse area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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TBM — Transports Bordeaux Métropole
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of Bordeaux Métropole: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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Ilévia (Lille)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Lille metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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Naolib (Nantes)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Nantes metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines. Includes bike sharing.
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CTS — Compagnie des transports strasbourgeois
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Strasbourg metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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Vélhop (Strasbourg)
Navigation & transportBike sharing in Strasbourg: stations and available bikes. Return the bike before joining the march.
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STAR (Rennes)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of Rennes Métropole: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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TaM (Montpellier)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Montpellier metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines. Includes Vélomagg bike sharing.
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Lignes d'Azur (Nice)
Navigation & transportPublic transport network of the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area: traffic info, closed stops and stations, diverted lines.
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ANV-COP21 — Se former
Training & getting involvedTheory and practice training in non-violent action and civil disobedience: organising an action, roles, legal framework, dealing with police.
Sources: France 3 — Se former à la désobéissance civile avec Extinction Rebellion et ANV-COP21
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Alternatiba
Training & getting involvedClimate movement; its local groups, with ANV-COP21, regularly run non-violent action training.
Sources: Alternatiba Marseille — Désobéissance civile
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Extinction Rebellion France
Training & getting involvedNon-violent civil disobedience climate movement; you join through a local group, where welcome sessions and action training take place.
Sources: France 3 — Se former à la désobéissance civile avec Extinction Rebellion et ANV-COP21
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Greenpeace France — Groupes locaux
Training & getting involvedJoin one of Greenpeace France's local volunteer and activist groups.
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LDH — Observatoires des libertés publiques
Training & getting involvedLDH's citizen observatories document police practices at protests; observers are trained and identifiable (vests).
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Amnesty — Manifestation : tes droits en action
Training & getting involvedAmnesty training booklet on the right to protest: know your rights and uphold them.
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On bloque l'extrême droite
Social mediaPlatform to collectively block far-right accounts on social media. No account, no tracking.
Sources: On bloque l'extrême droite — Confidentialité
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3114 — Numéro national de prévention du suicide
Health & first aidNational suicide prevention and psychological distress helpline: free, confidential support from healthcare professionals, 24/7.
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Sources: Psycom — Les lignes d'écoute
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Fil Santé Jeunes (0 800 235 236)
Health & first aidFree, anonymous helpline and chat for 12–25 year-olds (distress, depression, anxiety, health), daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on 0 800 235 236.
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Nightline France
Health & first aidFree, confidential night-time listening service by and for students (phone and chat), plus a directory of free mental-health support for students.
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Psycom — Santé mentale Info
Health & first aidPublic mental-health information body: complete directory of helplines, practical guides and pointers to find support near you.
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115 — Hébergement d'urgence (SAMU social)
Housing & shelterFree national number to find emergency shelter or help when sleeping rough, 24/7. It also points to day centres and outreach teams.
📞 115
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Soliguide
Housing & shelterDirectory of solidarity services near you: where to sleep, eat, wash, get care, charge your phone or get help with paperwork.
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Domiciliation des personnes sans domicile stable
Housing & shelterWithout a stable address, you are entitled to an administrative address (town hall social centre or approved association) to receive mail and claim your rights: ID papers, benefits, healthcare.
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Droit au logement opposable (Dalo) — Service-Public
Housing & shelterIf your attempts to get housing or shelter fail, the Dalo right lets you apply to a committee and, if needed, to the administrative court.
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Trêve hivernale — Service-Public
Housing & shelterFrom 1 November to 31 March, rental evictions are suspended and power, gas and water cut-offs for unpaid bills are restricted. There are exceptions.
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ANIL et ADIL — conseils juridiques sur le logement
Housing & shelterFree, neutral legal information on housing (lease, arrears, eviction, benefits); ADIL offices see people in each département.
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Droit au logement (DAL)
Housing & shelterAssociation of badly housed and homeless people: drop-in sessions, support against evictions, collective actions and citizen requisitions.
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Fondation pour le logement des défavorisés
Housing & shelterFormerly the Abbé Pierre Foundation: shelters and support for homeless or badly housed people, annual report on housing deprivation.
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Crous — MesServices.étudiant
Housing & shelterCrous portal for students: university housing, grants and applications for support.
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Mes Droits Sociaux
Cost of living & social rightsOfficial simulator to find out which benefits you are entitled to (RSA, in-work bonus, housing aid…) and claim them: many rights are never claimed.
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Prime d'activité — Service-Public
Cost of living & social rightsIncome top-up for people in work on modest earnings, including young workers: conditions and how to apply.
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Chèque énergie
Cost of living & social rightsState aid to pay energy bills for low-income households: check eligibility, use it, report a missing cheque.
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1jeune1solution — Mes aides financières
Cost of living & social rightsBenefits simulator for 15-30 year olds: housing, transport, health, studies, work.
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Bourse de lycée — Service-Public
Cost of living & social rightsState grant for low-income families with a child in upper secondary school: income conditions and how to apply.
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Surendettement — Service-Public
Cost of living & social rightsIf you can no longer pay your debts, the Banque de France over-indebtedness committee can reschedule, reduce or write off part of them. Applying is free.
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Restos du Cœur
Cost of living & social rightsFood aid, reception and support for people in difficulty across France.
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Secours populaire français
Cost of living & social rightsFood and clothing aid, help claiming rights, holidays and culture for people living in poverty.
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The Shift Project
Ecology & climateThink tank on decarbonising the economy: accessible, data-driven reports on energy, climate and sector-by-sector transitions.
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Réseau Action Climat
Ecology & climateFederation of climate associations: analysis of public policies and tracking of France's commitments.
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Notre Affaire à Tous
Ecology & climateLawyers' association using the law for climate justice: legal action against the State and companies.
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Les Soulèvements de la Terre
Ecology & climateCoalition of local struggles against land and water grabbing (mega-reservoirs, concrete sprawl): calls to action and local committees.
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Sea Shepherd France
Ecology & climateAssociation defending the oceans and marine life: campaigns at sea, field actions and volunteering.
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Proposition de loi constitutionnelle n° 2081 — RIC délibératif
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumBill tabled on 18 November 2025 by the Ecologist group to write a 'deliberative' citizens' initiative referendum into the Constitution: gathering support, a panel of citizens drawn by lot, then a referendum. Adopted in the Law Committee on 4 February 2026, scheduled for 12 February.
Sources: Démocratie Directe France — PPL RIC présentée à l'Assemblée le 12 février 2026, LCP — Les textes de la niche parlementaire des écologistes
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Espoir RIC
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumMovement born from the yellow vests for a constituent citizens' initiative referendum: bills carried with MPs, petitions and lobbying of elected officials.
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Référendum d'initiative partagée (RIP) — ministère de l'Intérieur
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumThe only popular-initiative referendum that exists today: proposed by one fifth of members of Parliament, it must then be backed by one tenth of voters. This official site is where you sign an ongoing one.
Sources: Public Sénat — Présidentielle : RIC, RIP… les référendums dans les programmes
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Pétitions de l'Assemblée nationale
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumOfficial platform to file or sign a petition to MPs: featured at 100,000 signatures, possible floor debate from 500,000.
Sources: Assemblée nationale — Pétition « Tous pour un référendum d'initiative citoyenne »
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E-pétitions du Sénat
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumOfficial platform for petitions to the Senate.
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Initiative citoyenne européenne
Direct democracy & citizens' initiative referendumOne million signatures from at least seven EU countries to ask the European Commission to propose a law.
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