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Florence Faucher

@ffaucher.bsky.social
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Professor of political science. Director of the CEE (Centre for European studies and comparative politics), Sciences Po. Symbolic politics and policy - political parties - environmental politics - Comparative, European politics.

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#SOTEU 2026: key takeaways by our scholars Environment, hybrid threats, migration (@pzlotnik.bsky.social), but also the symbolic dimension of this address (@ffaucher.bsky.social) and the budget issue. More to come on cohesion policy, differenciated integration, Ukraine, etc – so watch this page ⤵️
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State of the Union address: key takeaways from Ursula von der Leyen’s speech
Analyses from researchers at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/b...
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Harvard’s A.I. Clones Will Hear Your Start-Up Pitch Now
To create a new $699 bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. versions of its faculty.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Biggest El Niño for a century forecast to bring UK more autumn rain and storms
‘Unprecedented’ weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide, with severe droughts expected in some areas
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...
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Le collier en or du trésor de Vix, joyau de l’époque celte, dérobé dans un musée de Bourgogne
Le torque en or vieux de deux mille cinq cents ans, pièce maîtresse du trésor de Vix découvert en 1953, a été dérobé vendredi dans un musée de Châtillon-sur-Seine déjà visé par deux tentatives de camb...
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete...
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Comment Bernard Arnault tente d’imposer sa ligne à ses médias
« L’empire Bernard Arnault » (4/6). Depuis les années 1990, le PDG de LVMH s’est constitué une petite galaxie médiatique dans la presse écrite et la radio dont il se sert pour relayer ses idées, ses g...
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn
A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ suggests need for large-scale movement of populations away from reshaped coast
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
sciencebusiness.net/news/interna...
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European researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperation
Controversial changes that give US political appointees more power over research funding will also hit transatlantic science cooperation, European universities and researchers have warned. Sweeping ch...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
👏 Congratulations to Patrick Le Galès, @cnrsshs.bsky.social research professor and @scpo-research.bsky.social professor, on being named SASE's latest Honorary Fellow at the 2026 @sasemeeting.bsky.social Conference in Bordeaux last week. 👉 sase.org/news/announc...
portait of Patrick Le Galès at Sciences Po
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bravo Théodore for this great work. It’s been a pleasure seeing you develop your thesis and succeed in bringing together brilliantly two different approaches, demonstrating how they enrich each other and allow us to advance our understanding of the politics of policy. @theodoretallent.bsky.social
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Woot! It was great to be part of this committee! Congratulations again to Dr @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🌟
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Merci pour le travail précieux des collègues de @meteofrance-n.bsky.social dont les prévisions montrent le début d'une nouvelle vague de chaleur. Rapport complet disponible ici, meteofrance.fr/actualite/pu...
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2026 : les bilans climatiques | Météo-France
Retrouvez nos bilans climatiques au fil de l'année 2026.
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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026
62% des communes en France ne comptent plus aucun commerce. Le rapport du Sénat publié hier est sans appel sur une situation dramatique qui touche même les centres commerciaux et les zones périurbaines. www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/e...
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« 62% des communes ne comptent plus aucun commerce » : les propositions du Sénat pour enrayer le déclin des commerces de proximité
Lutte contre la concurrence chinoise, soutien aux commerçants locataires, dynamisation des centres-villes… Dans un rapport rendu ce mercredi, plusieurs sénateurs formulent des propositions pour enraye...
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Le CEE présent en force à Lyon !
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#AFSP2026 Retrouvez les autres interventions de nos chercheurs et chercheuses : @lucientb.bsky.social (ST 08), Léo Grillet (ST 13), @ffaucher.bsky.social (ST 13 et ST 44), Matthieu Sarnin (ST 15), Maxence Dutilleul (ST 24), @npiolat.bsky.social (ST 34, SG 02 et CM 02), ...
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Number 10 North is strategic, policy-wise, but I think it will probably be more important for its ‘symbolic politics’. Making voters in the north feel more represented because of a tangible, high profile political symbol. These symbols emphasised by @ffaucher.bsky.social.
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Florence Faucher (@ffaucher.bsky.social)
Professor of political science. Director of the CEE (Centre for European studies and comparative politics), Sciences Po. Symbolic politics and policy - political parties - environmental politics - Co...
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Valery Laramée de Tannenberg @vldt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Il y a qq jours, le directeur de l’OMS pour l’Europe rappelait que les canicules ont tué 200000 Européens ces quatre dernières années. « La plupart de ces morts étaient évitables », a souligné Hans Henri Kluge. www.who.int/europe/news/...
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Statement – Europe lost 200 000 people to heat in 4 years yet nearly all of them were preventable
Good morning. The impacts of climate change are a clear and present danger, and its most immediate and lethal manifestation is extreme heat. Heatwaves are no longer freak weather anomalies. They are n...
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Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik @pzlotnik.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Last week I spoke to @euradio.bsky.social about the new EU Return Regulation and longer-term trends in externalizing migration and asylum policies in the EU. Listen here (in French): euradio.fr/emission/2Xq...
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Politique migratoire : l’UE toujours plus restrictive ?
La politique migratoire européenne s'est durcie le 1er juin 2026: les 27 se sont accordés sur un règlement visant à accélérer les retours des personnes en situation irrégulière et à permettre la créat...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Futuro Nazionale is part of a broader trend that characterizes the fourth phase of the far right: the radicalization of the radical right. It is a logical response to the radicalization of the mainstream and the mainstreaming of the radical right. We see it in several countries (eg NL, UK).
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Italian general launches far-right party, threatening Meloni's election hopes
General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge ​to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's grip on power as he seeks to pull Italy ‌in a more hardline, national...
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IE Political Science Department @iepolisci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Absolutely fascinating polling by @christabelcoops.bsky.social @thinklabour.bsky.social. Says a lot about the (mis)perceptions of voters - and the cues they use to evaluate the social background of politicians.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length, study finds
First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life
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Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Yet total silence on the subject from key players - and guess what, all the key players were men. This excellent analysis of the male tilt of referendum media coverage, 'Three Men and a Vote' was published by researchers at Loughborough University: theconversation.com/three-men-an...
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Three men and a vote: EU referendum is turning into a Tory boys’ own story
Media coverage of the debate has so far been dominated by Conservative men
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A whole 12% of voters think Brexit has been a success. And just 25% of Leave voters. Sigh.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.lemonde.fr/videos/video...
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Mort de Marjane Satrapi : Pénélope Bagieu raconte au « Monde » l’importance de « Persepolis » dans le monde de la BD
Vidéo - Marjane Satrapi, l’autrice franco-iranienne de la BD et du film « Persepolis », est morte à 56 ans.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Colleagues from Mexico have organised a petition to try and obtain that there is an enquiry into the death of Raul Pachego-Vega. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Pronunciamiento en memoria del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega
Quienes suscribimos el presente documento expresamos nuestra profunda consternación por el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, destacado académico, investigador, profesor y formador de generacion...
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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Just had an editor for the first time suggest to my co-author and I that the use of em-dash suggested we had used AI in our writing. We had not - why are even simple joys of using a lovely little em-dash and several clauses, being stolen from us 😭😭
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Association Française de Science Politique @asso-afsp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🔴 Plus que 1 semaine pour répondre au questionnaire du Baromètre des #VSS dans l' #ESR (2ème édition) ! Questionnaire ouvert à tout·e étudiant·e inscrit·e dans un établissement français d’enseignement supérieur public ou privé en France : obvss-ad.limesurvey.net/949984?lang=fr
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 30/05/2026
Making more affordable neighborhoods like Paradise and Palisades
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
There’s the plainly farcical: a Trump arts centre is about as credible as Trump University. But then there are fear-inducing architectural gestures reminiscent of fascism: just as Hitler saw the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and decided he needed a much larger one himself, so Trump has been inspired...
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Donald Trump's definition of "beauty"
From the “Arc de Trump” to the White House ballroom, the president is imposing a quasi-fascist aesthetic on Washington
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
EU Parliament demands EU Commission scrap Big Tech's ‘unlawful’ secrecy on data centres environmental footprint. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 euobserver.com/217580/meps-...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📰 Au Royaume-Uni, le premier ministre Keir Starmer, déjà impopulaire, est de plus en plus contesté en interne après la défaite du Labour aux élections locales. @ffaucher.bsky.social a répondu à @valpasquesoone.bsky.social pour @franceinfo.fr ⤵️
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"Il concentre beaucoup d'hostilité" : pourquoi le Premier ministre Keir Starmer est sur la sellette au Royaume-Uni
Les appels à la démission visant le leader travailliste se multiplient, y compris dans les rangs du Labour. Mardi, quatre membres du gouvernement ont annoncé leur démission.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Pourquoi les trains n’arrivent plus jamais à l’heure en Allemagne
Retards quasi systématiques, annulations… le réseau ferroviaire allemand s’est dégradé depuis vingt ans, au point que la compagnie Deutsche Bahn devient un sujet d’embarras national.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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To reverse the ‘greenlash’, Europe’s Green parties should embrace Polanski’s boldness | Tarik Abou-Chadi
Be more strident, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’s Greens, says European politics professor Tarik Abou-Chadi
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Dr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"Nous basculons dans l'inconnu". OUI ! C'est ça qu'il faut dire au bulletin météo. Il y en a marre de la banalisation du changement climatique avec les marchands de glace et les surfeurs. Merci Sébastien Thomas ! 1/12
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Great article on Burnham and manchesterism
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Given my recent experiences seems worth saying again: Don‘t organize manels Don‘t make excuses for why your panel is a manel Don‘t try to persuade people to participate in your manel (using these excuses) Don‘t ask people who do not want to participate in your manel to suggest women for your manel
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A reminder that applications for this 3-year fully funded PhD position close at the end of next week (May 17). This is a great opportunity to work on climate politics comparative politics in a vibrant environment, with loads of freedom to develop your own project. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📚 Just published Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism by @aidanregan.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social, @cyrben.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas @agendapub.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social Find out more: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
✒️Élections locales au Royaume-Uni : les résultats montrent que les fractures du Brexit sont encore vives, écrit @ffaucher.bsky.social dans @lemonde.fr. En particulier, l'échec des travaillistes doit les inviter à répondre aux inégalités territoriales, économiques et sociales.
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Elections locales au Royaume-Uni : « C’est tout le système partisan qui ne se remet pas des fractures du Brexit »
TRIBUNE. Après l’échec des travaillistes aux élections locales du 7 mai, il est temps pour eux de réfléchir à des politiques qui répondent aux inégalités territoriales, économiques et sociales, affirm...
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Elections locales au Royaume-Uni…. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Elections locales au Royaume-Uni : « C’est tout le système partisan qui ne se remet pas des fractures du Brexit »
TRIBUNE. Après l’échec des travaillistes aux élections locales du 7 mai, il est temps pour eux de réfléchir à des politiques qui répondent aux inégalités territoriales, économiques et sociales, affirm...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Thank you Isabelle for this enlightening update. Vraiment très intéressant qu’une telle réflexion soit entamée. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social
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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Can France still be governed under its current electoral system? After almost two years of parliamentary fragmentation, the situation remains unsettled: huge frustration, no stable majority and a presidential election already casting its polarising shadow over parliamentary life.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Final curtain on the @ecpr.bsky.social workshop ‘Symbolic Repertoires in Politics and Policy’ co-led by our director @ffaucher.bsky.social and in which our PhD students Arno Lizet and @sagaokej.bsky.social took part. Thanks @sopouibk.bsky.social for hosting #ecprjs26 in such a beautiful setting!
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Great ECPR workshop on symbolic politics and policy. What a fun week of hard work! Thank you all for excellent research & constructive, intellectually challenging discussions @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @ariadnevromen.bsky.social
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Paris en Selle @parisenselle.fr · 30/03/2026
Lutter contre les incivilités de certains cyclistes ? Oui ! Faire du vélo-bashing ? Non ! Les piétons et les cyclistes sont les usagers les plus vulnérables de l'espace public et doivent être protégés en priorité. ♥️🚶🏼‍♀️🚴‍♀️♥️
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CGT Environnement @cgt-environnement.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Ecologie : durant les municipales, la couverture médiatique des enjeux environnementaux a subi un recul historique. 👉 quotaclimat.org/actualites/m...
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