Strasbourg
Participatory democracy as an antidote to populism? " It works at the local level, " says Jo Spiegel, 68, mayor of a town of 13,000 inhabitants near Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), co-founder with Raphaël Glucksmann of Place publique, of which he became president. For years, he has been traveling around France to convince his audience that " it is time to take voters - finally - seriously ". Reference to the title of his work published by Éditions du Temps present, two years ago. With a postulate, hammered with passion during 200 conferences bringing together each time from 200 to 300 people, this week again in Pau and Strasbourg: " We do what we say and we say what we do ". Or at least, we try. By associating the maximum of fellow citizens.
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The trigger? Jo Spiegel remembers the 2008 municipal elections. Socialist mayor of Kingersheim since 1989, he was re-elected in the first round, with 67% of the votes. The same score as Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential election in his
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