in the northern districts, young people far from institutions
REPORTING – In the 14th arrondissement of Marseille, politics is not a common subject of conversation for the inhabitants, and even less for the youngest among them.
Special envoy to Marseille
In the narrow room of the Saint-Joseph social center, in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille, the twenty or so teenagers gathered compete with raised hands. “What education do you need to study to be president?» «Do presidents have more power than kings and queens?» «How does the campaign work?» «Can you be a candidate for the presidential election when you come from the northern districts?»
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Opposite, the speakers, surrounded by the piles of board games of a toy library in the making, are taken aback. Commissioned by Prime Minister Jean Castex in September to work as advisers on abstention and the commitment of young people, these and citizens of the Cese – chamber of civil society and citizen participation -, were rather in the idea of questioning these young people to make the second city of France their field of research. To encourage them to respond to the call, they even offered to invite participants to Paris to their premises…