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Generation 18-30: How much will it weigh in the French presidential election?

How to put the political class back in tune with the youth to avoid widening the gap between generations?

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

2 mins

President Emmanuel Macron said it himself, young people have suffered a lot from the health crisis.

The idea of ​​a sacrificed youth, of a lost generation, resurfaced as the pandemic took hold in everyday life.

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►Precariousness, difficulties of professional insertion, break in the school career… Devices in favor of young people have multiplied such as the “youth engagement contract” or the “1 young person a solution” plan.

If the future of young people is displayed as a government priority, are young people heard and represented by their leaders?

Because according to the latest studies, the 18-24 year old generation shows signs of political disaffiliation.

87% of them also abstained in the regional elections last June.

Demonstration in favor of the climate, fight against discrimination, for gender equality... young people do not seem to be losing interest in politics, but their commitment no longer necessarily goes through the ballot box.

What do young people look like today?

What are their aspirations?

How to put the political class back in tune with the youth to avoid widening the gap between generations?  

With :

Camille Peugny

, sociologist at the

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Author of

Frédéric Dabi

, Managing Director of the Opinion Division of

an opinion polling and marketing research company.

Author with Stewart Chau of La Fracture of 

Brandy Boloko

, president and co-founder of 

, an association created to promote the civic engagement of young people in the suburbs. 

At the end of the show,

 Once a month, children discuss around a philosophical theme, such as love, the future, honor and today, authority!

They are 4 around the microphone of Charlie Dupiot, from Lomé in Togo: Swady, 6 years old, Liam, 7 years old, Sefako, 8 years old, and Wilfried, 14 years old.

We have heard them discuss fear before.

And besides, the fear continues to hover when they speak of authority.

Musical programming: 

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- Vicky R 

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- Rosalia 

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