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With the decline of French democracy, let its principle shine through in Europe and the world. For several years now, democracy has (...)

Discriminatory police stops are a poison. In France, those who are poisoned are first and foremost the young men and even boys, perceived as (...)

Associations, collectives, lawyers, academics and members of the civil society, who signed this text, are shocked by the assassination of Samuel Paty, and express their consternation and anger after the public declarations of the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Gérald Darmanin, announcing the will of the government to dissolve several associations, including the Collectif Contre l’Islamophobie en France (CCIF), a structure with which we collaborate
regularly.

« The restrictions of freedoms of association present a risk of impoverishing the public debate and our democracy. By hindering the contradiction on the part of associations, public authorities discourage citizens from getting involved in the civil society and participate to the shrinking of our democratic space » stressed members of the Coalition for Associative Freedoms at the press conference held on October 6th for the release of the new report.

Faced with the multiple obstacles to associative work, it is urgent to listen to critical citizen expertise in the defense of rights and the (...)