---
title: À Nous La Démocratie!
type: movement
status: active
country: FR
website: https://anouslademocratie.fr/
logo: /assets/org-logos/a-nous-la-democratie.png
summary: A French citizen movement founded in 2016 advocating for direct democracy
  through institutional reforms — sortition, the Citizen Initiative Referendum (RIC),
  and non-accumulation of terms.
concepts:
- direct-democracy
- sortition
- citizens-assembly
location:
  latitude: 48.8566
  longitude: 2.3522
  name: France
  precision: city
rss_feed: https://anouslademocratie.fr/feed
events:
- date: '2016-11-03'
  title: Founded by a core group of eight citizens
  url: https://anouslademocratie.fr/2020/04/03/entretien-avec-emmanuel-martin-quelquun-disait-que-lentreprise-privee-ou-publique-ce-sont-des-univers-feodaux/
  quote: Emmanuel est sociologue de formation, il enseigne les sciences économiques
    et sociales en classes préparatoires et faisait partie du noyau de huit personnes
    qui ont donné naissance au mouvement au crépuscule de l’année 2016.
  note: An interview with founding member Emmanuel Martin describes the movement emerging
    at the end of 2016 from a core group of eight people; the national RNA association
    registry records the movement's creation on 3 November 2016.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-14'
- date: '2019-05-31'
  title: Published its platform for the 2020 municipal elections
  url: https://anouslademocratie.fr/municipales-2020/
  quote: À nous la démocratie! se donne pour unique mission de démocratiser les institutions
    et les pratiques pour les mettre en accord avec les attentes actuelles de nos
    concitoyennes et concitoyens.
  note: The movement published its proposals for the 2020 French municipal elections,
    including a citizens' assembly chosen by lot, local citizen-initiative referendums
    and stronger neighbourhood councils.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-14'
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-08
    date: 2025-07-15
    note: website loaded. They got https://anouslademocratie.fr/articles/ but it differ
      from rss feed...
    url: https://anouslademocratie.fr/2025/07/15/pour-la-premiere-democratie-francaise-un-entretien-avec-baya-bellanger-sur-son-nouveau-livre-gouvernons/
  dod:
    checked: 2026-07-19
    date: 2026-07-19
    note: Website live; no upcoming events listed at time of check, but no evidence
      of shutdown.
    url: https://anouslademocratie.fr/
  rss:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    date: 2025-07-15
    note: 'Latest post: Pour la première Démocratie française : un entretien avec
      Baya Bellanger sur son'
    url: https://anouslademocratie.fr/2025/07/15/pour-la-premiere-democratie-francaise-un-entretien-avec-baya-bellanger-sur-son-nouveau-livre-gouvernons/
last_checked: '2026-07-19'
---

À Nous La Démocratie! is a French citizen movement founded in 2016 by eight citizens who wanted to fundamentally transform how the French political system functions. Non-partisan and citizen-led, it advocates for institutional reforms to shift political power toward citizens.

Their core proposals include the **RIC** (Référendum d'Initiative Citoyenne — Citizen Initiative Referendum), which would allow citizens to trigger binding referendums; **sortition** for certain legislative roles; non-accumulation of elected terms; and strengthened accountability mechanisms. The movement federates other French initiatives working toward similar goals.

The movement organises regular local assemblies and public events across France and has remained active through to at least 2025.

## Links

- Website: [anouslademocratie.fr](https://anouslademocratie.fr/)

## See also

- [Direct Democracy](../concepts/direct-democracy.md)
- [Sortition](../concepts/sortition.md)
- [Citizens' Assembly](../concepts/citizens-assembly.md)
- [Démocratie Ouverte](democratie-ouverte.md)