Reduce flights and impose curfews at French airports, urge campaigners More than 70 campaign groups signed an open letter calling for a stop to the ‘mad growth of air traffic’
Petition calls for ban on children’s junk food ads in France A consumer association in France has launched a petition to ban junk food advertising to children on TV and the internet, in a bid to beat childhood obesity.
Petition to disband French riot police unit passes 140,000 signatures If 500,000 signatures are obtained, it could force a debate in the French parliament Petition to change law to help hedgehogs survive in France gains pace We’ll resist a cut in motorway speed limit, say French car activists Petition to ban cockfights in France reaches over 30,000 signatures
Petition targeting French anti-hunting associations gets 100,000 names A group aiming to have hunting banned for two days a week has dismissed the petition as a ‘waste of time’
Petition calls for home for homeless man who saved Lyon shopkeeper The man broke windows to get into a blazing building to drag out the shopkeeper who had become trapped by flames when his gas fire fell over
Senate to debate hunting rules as another accident occurs in France The latest hunting accident in southwest France comes as a petition calling for two hunt-free days per week reaches 100,000 signatures
45,600 sign petition for two hunt-free days in France France is one of the few countries that has not adopted a no-hunting day. A petition has been launched demanding a fairer ‘sharing’ of the countryside between different groups
The campaigner who is changing the world - one petition at a time Change.org director Sarah Durieux talks about giving power to the people and choosing your battles
French baker on hunger strike admitted to hospital The boulanger is protesting to stop his apprentice being deported, as celebrities including Omar Sy show their support
France lockdown: Petition to relax 1km rule gains support It has attracted nearly 200,000 signatures and comes amid surprise and condemnation by some that large-game hunting is allowed to continue
Nabila Ramdani: Why hate sells so well in our modern world In her monthly column in The Connexion, award-winning journalist Nabila Ramdani shares her views on why hate sells well in our modern world, and how we are all poorer for it.
Petition against ‘half empty’ food packaging sold in France A food association has launched a petition against what it calls the “scam” of selling “half empty” packets and packages of food in France, targeting seven big brands including Leclerc and Carrefour.
500,000 sign petition for French vote on animal cruelty The petition is also supported by over 100 animal welfare organisations and influential French personalities. More signatures and parliamentary support are needed for the issues to go to referendum. ‘Nature access’ petition in France signed by 99,000 230,000 people in France sign cold call petition Brexit and Britons in France - 04/2019 updates
Bow and arrow boar hunting prompts debate in France The decision to allow wild boars to be hunted by bow and arrow in the Vaucluse is prompting debate, with hunting experts in favour of the move, but local welfare groups launching a petition against it. Another French cockerel owner fights noise ruling 5million signatures on Revoke Article 50 petition Cancel Brexit petition passes 3million signatures 1.8million demand France act on climate change Macron responds to fuel petition with 1.16m names
Petition triggers debate on future of two regions 100,000 people sign document calling for Loire-Atlantique to become part of Brittany, triggering a complex legal process that allows departments to move from one region to another
Has Paca region changed name to be Region Sud? HAS the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – known as ‘Paca’ – changed name to be ‘Région Sud’? It seems unclear. G.B.
‘Hunter militia’ claim fake news, says gendarmerie Gendarmes have defended the Chasseurs Vigilants project which has trained 161 hunters to help fight crime but has been denounced by animal and human rights charities as an “armed militia”.
Petition in support of slapping driver hits 200k names Over 200,000 people (and counting) have signed a petition in support of a RATP bus driver, who has been summoned for disciplinary proceedings after he slapped a “disrespectful” middle school boy.
Petitions call for French emojis including Camembert Two petitions are calling for the creation of French-related emojis - the small icons and characters used on mobile and social media keyboards - including the Camembert cheese and the Breton flag.
Petition on French paternity leave gathers support A petition to extend the length of paternity leave in France is gathering support, with over 40 well-known personalities adding their names to the list.
Cowbell complaint thrown out in Alps A group of 20 holiday home owners who complained about cowbells in an Alpine village had their plea rejected by the mairie after more than 110,000 signed a counter-petition.
Petition against Fiesta Tolosa gathers 4 000 names A petition against a festival involving the releasing of bulls in the streets of Toulouse (Occitanie) has gathered 4 000 signatures.
Residents sign petition against TGV noise of 85 dB Residents and councillors along the Paris-Rennes TGV route are petitioning against noise from the high-speed train, which is said to reach up to 85 decibels (dB).
Petition for England to return to Anjou Voters in Angers and online are being asked to back a plan to “reattach England to Anjou”, the heart of the Plantagenet Angevin Empire to which it had links for 100 years.