Some French people far from large urban centers feel a sense of abandonment, as evidenced by the alarm cries of inhabitants who deplore lack of essential shops or elevators still broken down. Some decided to act to save the life of their village or their neighborhood
The inhabitants of the village of Sainte Eulalie boycotted the two rounds of the municipal elections. For fifty years the municipality of Sainte Eulalie has been waiting for the construction of a road. Isolated but not desperate the inhabitants therefore made the hail of the ballot boxes so that their village did not die.
Report. In Eure and Loir, the commune of Saint Lucian is located in a white area, telecommunication networks: the calls are difficult to transmit as to receive but the installation of a relay antenna is too expensive for the commune. Interviews with Bernard DUVERGER, mayor of Saint Lucian (Eure and Loir), Antoine LEORINI, wellness seminar, and Régine BOLLON, La Maltourne stables.
Social housing remains a priority for the government. While the HLM congress is currently being held in Lille, Gilles de ROBIEN confirmed today to the deputies that the government will keep its commitments and build 58,000 new HLM this year. The Minister of Housing also announced that he will introduce a new law this fall so that the French become happy owners, it is his expression. These projects respond to a real emergency, as on the Creil plateau. Here, the tenants of these low-rises feel forgotten by the policies of the city.
The senior population is the fastest growing population in the larger population groups. Often very isolated, these people do not support their environment. Meeting with Roger and Paulette in a city of Saint Denis. Interviews with Dori GONZALES, volunteer, Paulette, Roger and Christophe GUILLUY, author of "L'atlas des nouvelles fractures sociales en France: "We are discovering this problem which was not foreseen, since social housing is by definition, a place to live".
Olivier Barrot talks with Christophe GUILLUY to talk about the themes of his book co-written with Christophe NOYE entitled "Atlas des nouvelles fractures sociales en France". It highlights the disappearance of the representation of the popular layer, politically and media, while it represents 60% of the working population.