YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
Visuel
Type of text :
Opinion
Type of referral :
Government referral
Working group :
TEMPORARY COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
Date d'adoption
Date adopted : 03/09/2022
Mandature
2021-2026
Rapporteur(s) :
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Kenza OCCANSEY
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Manon PISANI
Overview
Présentation
The distance between young people, institutions and elected representatives has widened, as evidenced by the record abstention rate
among 18-24 year-olds in the June 2021 regional and departmental elections. Yet the younger generation is neither less engaged nor less
interested in politics than their elders. This engagement is demonstrated less through the ballot box and increasingly through other channels:
online petitions, demonstrations, boycotts, dissemination of content online, etc