these 10 petitions that have used the Pink City
Change.org or Mesopinions.com for the best known… These online petition sites are popular with Internet users, particularly in Toulouse. Whether it is to defend the rights of minorities, to support a cultural place, to protest against a structuring project of the city or to ask for the end of a controversial practice, many petitions concern the Pink City. Here are those who had the most retention in Toulouse.
10 – For the regularization of a Guinean student
Alpha is Guinean. He is a student at the Toulouse-Jean-Jaurès University where he is preparing a film and audiovisual license. But he is in an irregular situation. Arrived in France in 2018, he saw his asylum request rejected by the prefecture. To stay in France, he then applied for a student residence permit. A request which was examined by the administrative court of Toulouse on October 6th. For the supportr in its approach, the anti-capitalist and revolutionary student collective “Le Poing levé” du Mirail called for a rallyin front of the courtroom, througha petition that collected 11,668 signatures.
9 – For the collective of artists Mix’Art Myrys to live
In a petition circulated on January 22, 2021, the Toulouse collective of artists Mix’Art Myrys asked the City of Toulouse to carry out work to bring the premises made available to them into compliance, at 12 rue Ferdinand Lassalle. A request which was rejected by the community and which is nevertheless the reason given to justify the administrative closure of the place. The municipality then considers that the building “was dangerous both on a daily basis for the members of the collective, as well as for the public welcomed during shows (…) and for the firefighters in the event of a disaster”. Despite the support of 12,115 internet users, the association could not stay on its premises. She has since been offered a potential move to Ramonville-Saint-Agne.
8 – Support for the Toulouse Pride March
On September 23, 2021, the collective “Pride 2021 in danger” challenged the people of Toulouse as to a prefectural decision to ban the Pride March in the center of the Pink City. Indeed, the prefecture of Haute-Garonne had recommended that the parade take the outer boulevards “for reasons of public safety and health”. Standing wind against this decision, the organizers published an online petition who reacted 12,784 signatories, in parallel with the discussions held with the State services. Concomitant actions which made it possible to win the case since the Pride March did take place in downtown Toulouse on October 9, 2021.
7 – To support people with disabilities in the fight against validism
On March 23, 2021, the trial of 16 activists defending the rights of people with disabilities took place in Toulouse. They were accused of having caused air traffic by invading the runways of Blagnac airport, and of having blocked the departure of a train from Toulouse-Matabiau station. These actions required in 2018, recognized by the defendants, aimed to denounce non-compliance with accessibility regulations. Shortcomings which were again noted in court where the disability of the activists had not been taken into account. The day after the trial, a request has been published to demand “justice accessible to all”. She was signed by 20,577 internet users.
6 – To denounce the insecurity of the Lardenne district in Toulouse
On the morning of May 10, 2020, a Toulouse family, living on avenue de Lardenne, discovered with horror that their pets had been killed during the night. “People broke into our property,” notes Isabelle. Beyond the loss of his faithful companions, it calls out to Internet users about the broader problem of insecurity in his neighborhood. “What would have happened if we had gone out?” Would these barbarians have attacked us? The feeling of insecurity is growing and we feel helpless in the face of more and more proven attacks, ”she continues. To denounce them, she launched a petition on the website mesopinions.com which reflected 20,651 signatories.
5 – To support a nurse threatened with radiation for “abandonment of post”
Nurse at the Toulouse Children’s Hospital since 2007, Élodie was notified son redeployment for “abandonment of post” by the management of the CHU last November. Supported by the CGT, which launched an online petition Have received 46,216 supporters, she claims to be on sick leave due to burnout. A legal battle then ensues between the nurse and her employer. In December 2021, the administrative court of Toulouse suspended the execution of the decision to strike out, but the hospital center announced that it was appealing. The case is still ongoing.
4 – Against the expulsion of a Senegalese employee
Arriving in France in 2011 from Senegal, Jean had a “private and family life” residence permit obtained following his marriage to a French national. But, after his divorce, his authorization was not renewed. While in an irregular situation, he lost his job as a hospital services officer in an Ephad and was ordered to leave the territory. But Jean wants to stay in France and apply for a new “employee” residence permit, by providing a promise from his former employer to reinstate him as soon as he is regularized. Authorization refused in 2016 by the prefecture of Haute-Garonne. To ask the latter to reconsider its decision, an online petition is published on October 13, 2016. It collects 52,803 signatures. The story does not say if this action will have transmitted state services but, in 2019, Jean obtained his residence permit.
3 – Against the deforestation of the Bouconne forest
On February 8, 2020, a petition entitled “No to deforestation in the forest of Bouconne” is published online by “engaged citizens”. The latter are indignant at the many tree fellings that take place there. ” We notice that significant logging is carried out in the forest massif of Bouconne and observe that this phenomenon intensifies. More and more huge areas in the middle of the forest are completely deforested, the cuts are not selective, the soils are damaged by machinery,” they explain. They then denounce an “irresponsible” action in the face of the climate emergency, the destruction of natural habitats and the damage to heritage. This appeal was heard by 54,882 Internet users who signed the petition.
2 – Against abuse in nursing homes
The publication, a month ago of the book »The Gravediggersby Victor Castanet, publicly opened the question of the mistreatment of the elderly in nursing homes. But this problem is not new. In July 2017, Malika Tlemsani posted a petition on the change.org platform about suspicions of abuse or serious neglect of which his mother would have been the victim. This old lady, then aged 91, who, according to her daughter, suffered mistreatment in several establishments in the Toulouse region. Malika Tlemsani gives the details in the request, which has aroused renewed interest among Internet users in recent weeks, to reach the 58,049 signatories. And the counter keeps going up…
1 – Against animals in circuses in Toulouse
And it’s finally the defense of animals which wins the most plebiscites. Indeed, two petitions have been posted on mesopinions.com to d declare circuses exploiting animals we to ask for animal-free circuses in Toulouse, it depends. The first, posted in February 2020, is addressed to the mayor of the city, Jean-Luc Moudenc, to demand “a municipal decree prohibiting circuses with wild animals on the territory of Toulouse”. The second, published in April 2016, urges Françoise Roncato, then deputy mayor of Toulouse, in charge of animals in the city, to “urgently take all measures allowing the progressive ban on the exhibition of wild animals in traveling shows”. They have respectively 46,194 and 40,725 signatures. a total of 86,919 supporters.