Highlighting initiatives, giving a voice to those who take action for their fellow human beings, this is the will of this special program offered Thursday, November 19 in prime time on France 2. Julian Bugier evokes the structure of this program: “We have selected eight carriers of ideas, French men and women who are ordinary citizens who will come and present their solutions for France and who will respond to seven daily problems, such as for example school bullying with the very strong testimony of a mother who lost her daughter who committed suicide. ” “We will have a carrier of ideas, Justine Atlan, president of e-childhood, who will explain to us that her idea for France is to ban smartphones at least 15 years old, continues the journalist. This will be the time for debate with the citizens present and our experts. These are the types of ideas that we are going to bring out tonight. “
# JaiUneIdéePourLaFrance presented by @JulianBugier : our big civic evening this Thursday evening.
Real estate prices, medical deserts, isolated seniors, carbon account: citizens will come to present their ideas to change France. To evaluate them: your votes and a jury! pic.twitter.com/Yten9ioBQo
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As for the idea of such a program, does this desire to emphasize altruism and solidarity come from the last months experienced by the French and in particular the two confinements in the face of the pandemic? “We had the idea more than two years ago, and the social and health crisis confirmed us in the idea that this program, it was absolutely necessary to do it because there are many initiatives which are carried in the territories and by the French. Concrete solutions to everyday problems that are beneficial for the entire population and the country and it is to them that we want to give a voice “, answers Julian Bugier.
The show is in any case sold by France 2 as “far removed from the main themes of debates between politicians”. In other words, less abstract and more concrete.
We did not want to take a position on politically marked, divisive subjects: immigration, security, insecurity… which today saturate the public space, especially news channels.
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“There are also a whole bunch of subjects that are never dealt with: the situation of disability, the high price of real estate, medical desertification and small businesses which concern nearly eight million French people”, emphasizes Julian Bugier.
How then to ensure that interaction will be possible with the public, and that these ideas do not remain at the presentation stage to translate into our daily lives? Julian Bugier tells us that: “Talking about it is already important. We start from a very concrete proposal from a citizen, a ‘bearer of ideas’, then there is a debate that takes place with 100 citizens present on the set who will be able to interact. And then, an office of experts who are personalities, who will be ‘feasibility engineers’, they will tell us if these solutions are applicable to the greatest number. “
Each time we will move forward with the idea, it is a matter of finding a consensus at the end of the debate. And why not make it a suggestion box in which the candidates for the presidential election can come and pick.
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With this program and the one presented the day before yesterday by Faustine Bollaert, The times are changing, France 2 in any case gives the impression of wanting to get closer to the French and to reconnect with the public. Link that was lost? “It is the teaching of the crisis of the yellow vests, of the French who had the feeling that we did not speak enough about them and of a part of France which was not found in the way we told news. Giving citizens a voice is also a way of reconciling with the French “, concludes Julian Bugier.