Etienne Chouard , born in 1956 with Paris is a Citoyen French which knew a certain notoriety at the time of the countryside on the treated establishing a constitution for Europe.

Course

Holder of a control in Right to Nanterre (1980), Etienne Chouard is teaching in economy-management and tax Droit, thereafter also professor of Informatique to the College Marcel Pagnol with Marseilles.

March 25th 2005, it publishes on its site a critical analysis towards the European constitutional treaty, being presented in the form of a citizen without party, label and personal political ambitions.

In the surveys “not” is with most and testifies to a faintness growing of the French vis-a-vis the declarations of the policies and to the directing Bolkestein which has the appearance of a scarecrow.

Quickly hundreds of reactions reach him by email and the frequentation of its site is confirmed. Conscious of the importance of this new ground of the citizenship, certain Net surfers comment on its pages in particular on the blog of Dominique Strauss-Kahn,

Marie-France Garaud requires of him to read its book devoted to the constitutional treaty. The interest of the step is to take part in the definition of new means of actions as a citizen.

The growing notoriety of the writings of Etienne Chouard proves to be sufficient so that part of the national press is interested in its turn with its site.

Relayed by sites like Rezo.net or Attac, the sales leaflet of Etienne Chouard is the subject of a racing, sometimes criticized, on Internet, it is diffused gradually on the forums and of many people by Email to all their contacts address it to the manner of a Letter-chain.

April 22nd, 2005, Dominique Strauss-Kahn tries to stop the phenomenon. The professor of Political sciences to the Sorbonne Bastien François, joint author with Arnaud Montebourg of the book the Constitution of the Life Republic. To reconcile the French with the democracy , carries out a critical analysis published on its blog,

inaccuracies are raised and taken into account by Etienne Chouard who amends his original text.

The commentators draw argument from this legal and political confrontation without precedent to highlight the complexity of the draft treaty European, difficult to reach for the ordinary citizen, if not illegible like the support criticism.

May 12th, 2005, Etienne Chouard answers criticisms developed by the partisans of “yes” and of the specialists in public law and political economy unite with him.

The newspaper Le Monde draws up the portrait of this “ Don Quichotte ” of “not” and its site becomes one of the most attended France with more: 30000 connections per day.

With the failure of the referendum, it is devoted like one of the Blog the most influential ueurs of France in 2006: of “ Don Quichotte ” of “not”, it became a high-speed motorboat of the countryside chief clerk

The analyzes a posteriori however suggest that its direct influence would have been over-estimated.

The “hérault” of the blogs symbolizes however, well beyond the debate on the constitutional treaty of 2004, the discovery of a conscience citizen on Internet: The important thing, it is not that the citizens vote the Constitution, but that they write it, if not, they are still the men of being able who will make the rules declare it idea extremely that the sovereignty of the people left the place to the sovereignty of the elected officials.

In 2007, Etienne Chouard gives his support for the movement Altermondialiste for the first turn of the presidential election and signs the petition of support with the candidature of Jose Bove for the presidency of the Republic.

He continues since his action and tries the development of a “Constitution of Citoyenne origin”. He set up a site Wiki to support a participative work.

He makes his return in 2007, by marking his opposition to the Traité of Lisbon.

Chronology

The diffusion of the text becomes such extensive on Internet (publication of the author, republications on sites, diffusion by email) so much so that the other media evoke the phenomenon:

• Publication of the text a bad constitution which reveals a secrecy cancer of our democracy on March 25th, 2005 on the site of the author;
• on March 30th, 2005: on Bellaciao.org,
• on April 4th Rezo.net reference mark and diffuses the article,
• the text is diffused quickly via the forums, the Email and the Blog S. Daniel Schneidermann, organizer of Freeze frame on France 5, which will invite Etienne Chouard on a plate of television, takes note for example on April 4th in the comments of sound blog and diffuses of it a ticket Where our explorer carries out that Internet pushes it towards nonthe on Etienne Chouard as of the following day April 5th, 2005,
• on April 9th: And if Etienne Chouard saved “not” the , Humanity, edition of April 9th, 2005
• on April 22nd Dominique Strauss-Kahn tries to stop the phenomenon Etienne Chouard with his article Constitutional treaty: answer to Etienne Chouard ,
• on April 30th: On Internet, the champion of not it is Etienne Chouard , '' Libération '', edition of April 30th, 2005,
• on May 1st: Constitution: experts of in bottom , France 5, Freeze frames , diffused on May 1st, 2005,
• on May 11th: Etienne Chouard, Don Quichotte of the Non, Le Monde , edition of May 11th, 2005.

Critical analysis and sociological range

August 1st

Children of Don Quichotte on the quays of the Saint Martin's day channel, in Paris, with the participative forums or citizens, the adventure of Chouard challenges by the echoes which it caused.

“The debate is the fragile base of the democracy” analyzes Etienne Chouard What a credible word, today? How to explain the extent of the mediatization of this citizen become militant in spite of him?

Many are those which tried to clear up this phenomenon of a passion without precedent relayed by the meshs of the Réseau, then the traditional mediums. In filigramme the question of the appropriatenesses and the political dangers Internet arises.

Analyzes of a new phenomenon

DEBATEs

• the Web quartered between “yes” and “not”, Constitution: experts of in bottom, Guests: Etienne Chouard, Nicolas Vanbremeersch (Versac)

• Forum Freeze frame: Constitution: experts of in bottom

• Files of the emission Freeze frame

Criticisms

• How Internet influenced the referendum European 2005

• Of the political influence of the Net: the case Etienne Chouard

• Etienne Chouard, symbol of “not” in the '' blogosphère ''

• Referendum: are the media neutral?

• Press review

Inquire into the results of the referendum and cartography of the dependant Web sites

• 1992-2005 : Inquire: how yes broke up '' Le Monde '', June 1st, 2005

• Cartography of the Web sites for and against the TCE: The Web and the debate on the European constitution in France

• Cartography of the Web Repertory Images

Analyzes and complements of investigation

• Presentation of the files of research on the topic '' the citizens participations in the public debate on Europe '': analyze letters to the Editor of magazine, blog or Internet site the case of the debate on the ratification of the European constitutional treaty starting from the whole of the letters and emails received by the weekly magazine '' Télérama '', the blog of Etienne Chouard, the reactions of militants to the requests of deputies or the reactions to a survey on line of the Information center on Europe

• Bigbangblog.net: Drawing lot, of Etienne Chouard to Ségolène Royal, Wiki-investigation into a revival Athenian Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Publications

Works

• To take good practices with Excel , small Editions Corroy
• To create an application with Access , small Editions Corroy

Publications in line (Web)

• data-processing Aide-mémoire (AMI) a Didacticiel is available on the site of the author

• '' a bad constitution which reveals a secrecy cancer of our democracy '', version amended of June 17th, 2005 (26 pages)
• Réponse of May 17th, 2005 (12 pages) Answer to the arguments of Professor Bastien François
• To the citizens to write and protect their constitution - Synthesis at April 9th, 2007 (1 page)
• '' the great principles from a good Constitution, which would prove the cure of our democracy '', March 18th, 2006
• Réflexion on the drawing lot of the elected officials (text rtf)
• Réflexion on the Currency

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