The approach is certainly ambitious: “giving the people their voice back”… Nothing less than that!
This is the new frontier of the Communist Party, which was thought to have been swallowed up in the spiral of opposition to everything, lagging behind union or spontaneous street protests (Nuits Debout, the student collective against the labor law) or paralyzed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s unshakeable egotism.
But no, the comrades are still lively and are launching once again with a large citizen consultation, yet another one, so that everyone can have their say.
The goal is to gather 500,000 responses (10,000 in Alpes-Maritimes) to identify popular demands and build a shared project that will be unveiled in early September during the Fête de l’Humanité.
The Château Festival will be an opportunity to debate the proposals that concern local life.
Leafleting and form collection will take place in squares and streets, during demonstrations and processions, with a door-to-door campaign.
Given the first trial run, this Friday evening at Garibaldi Square where there was hardly a crowd, this groundwork promises to be quite challenging.
