The "Participation Day" of Angers in new theatre leads to a theatrical result

Angers city

The "Participation Day", which took place on february 18th and19th in the Le Quai theatre of Angers seems to have turned to a politician debate : the right of vote for foreign people living in the city at local polls. But that issue may not match with the original purpose of the event. Indeed, the mayor of Angers wrote on tow hall website "to improve the environment and the live together", "to share your expectations and your projects" as ways of participation for inhabitants, whatever be their nationality.

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In order to make believe in the support of an overwhelming majority of inhabitants to the right of vote of foreign people to local elections, the organizers had planned a (inflated) "civic voting" which results was worthy of the USSR : 94% of voters (foreigners included?) were favorable to that! The "event" was covered by the local website on a totally biaised mood, that one even claiming on an unvoluntary mood that "Their only difficulty [of foreign people was], not to be nationalized (sic)" (naturalized?).

That generous, but a little bit preposterous, posture doesn't cause progress in the daily life of Angers  inhabitants. May be the "Participation Day" has triggered, as the mayor had hoped, "expectations and projects". Those are not visible yet.