International Day of the Voting Rights for All

This Friday 26 April, the J'y suis, j'y vote! collective in conjunction with the European network Voting Rights for All Residents (VRAR), partners of ANVITA, are celebrating the 4ᵉ edition of International Day of the Voting Rights for All Residents in Paris.

26 April was chosen in reference to the "savage" referendum for women's suffrage organised in France by feminist activists on 26 April 1914.

In France, since the creation of the "J'y suis, j'y vote" collective in 1979 by associations and trade unions, the fight for a lively democracy that includes foreign residents continues. Given this context, the "J'y suis, j'y vote!" collective and the VRAR network are organising the International Days of Voting Rights for All in Paris from 26 to 28 April 2024, with the support of the City of Paris. The programme this Friday includes a press conference, a citizens' vote, followed by the announcement of the results at the Town Hall of the 11th arrondissement, where the signatory cities of the declaration for the voting rights of foreign residents will also be announced.

ANVITA relayed the VRAR network's call to Mayors to its members. More than 35 French local authorities, the majority of which are members of ANVITA, signed the declaration in favour of the voting rights of their foreign residents, thus demonstrating their commitment to a democracy inclusive of all.

"We, the signatory cities, see our municipalities as places where human rights can be put into practice and are convinced that a lively democracy is fundamentally based on the active participation of all, the inhabitants of our cities".

The signatories of the declaration (in bold, the ANVITA members):

Marie-Hélène AMIABLE, Mayor of Bagneux

Nadège AZZAZ, Mayor of Chatillon

Jeanne BARSEGHIAN, Mayor of Strasbourg

Jacqueline BELHOMME, Mayor of Malakoff

Arthur BOIX-NEVEU, Mayor of Barberaz

Sabine CAMPREDON, Mayor of Percy

Luc CARVOUNAS, Mayor of Alfortville

Patrick CHAIMOVITCH, Mayor of Colombes

Alexandra CORDEBARD, Mayor of Paris 10th

Didier CUJIVES, Mayor of Paulhac

Danielle DAMBACH, Mayor of Schiltigheim

Michel DEMOLDER, Mayor of Pont-Péan

Tony DI MARTINO, Mayor of Bagnolet

Grégory DOUCET, Mayor of Lyon

Christophe FERRARI, Mayor of Pont-de-Claix, President of Grenoble-Alpes Métropole

Yann GALUT, Mayor of Bourges

Jean-Philippe GAUTRAIS, Mayor of Fontenay-sous-Bois

Mohamed GNABALY, Mayor of Ile-Saint Denis

Nadine GRELET-CERTENAIS, Mayor of La Flèche

Mathieu HANOTIN, Mayor of Saint-Denis

Anne HIDALGO, Mayor of Paris

Mathieu KLEIN, Mayor of Nancy, President of the Grand Nancy Metropole

Patrice LECLERC, Mayor of Gennevilliers

Fabienne LEGUICHER, Mayor of La Norville

Nicolas MAYER-ROSSIGNOL, Mayor of Rouen, President Rouen Normandie Metropole

Christian METAIRIE, Mayor of Arcueil

Xavier NORMAND, Mayor of Castanet-Tolosan

Benoit PAYAN, Mayor of Marseille

Éric PIOLLE, Mayor of Grenoble

Carine PETIT, Mayor of Paris 14th

Patrick PROISY, Mayor of Faches-Thumesnil

Ali RABEH, Mayor of Trappes

Jean-François ROCHEDREUX, Mayor of Saliès

Johanna ROLLAND, Mayor of Nantes

Abdel SADI, Mayor of Bobigny

Stéphane SORRE, Mayor of Yquelon, President CC Granville Terre & Mer

Azzedine TAÏBI, Mayor of Stains

Stéphane TROUSSEL, President of the Departmental Board of Seine-Saint-Denis

Cédric VAN STYVENDAEL, Mayor of Villeurbanne

Find out more about the Mayors' Declaration on the Voting Rights for Foreign Residents 

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