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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a surprise visit to a citizen debate meeting ('debat citoyen') with local residents in Bourg-de-Peage near Valence, southern France, January 24, 2019. He stayed over 3 hours
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A year on, the gilets jaunes have lost 24 eyes and five hands â?" and made a deep mark on French society
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Gilets jaunes : L'Emission politique (France 2) proposera une édition spéciale sur le grand débat national le 24 janvier
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Protesters wearing a tricolor cockade on their hood, an emblem referring to the French Revolution, stand with their mouth taped during an anti-government demonstration called by the "Yellow Vest" (Gilets Jaunes) movement
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The 2019 Grand Débat National in France: A Participatory Experiment with Limited Legitimacy | Democracy International e.V.
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Un Grand débat sans débat, qu'est-ce que c'est?»: Les Gilets jaunes contre-attaquent - 13.03.2019, Sputnik Afrique
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