The citizens' initiative referendum: a tool to fight against inequality and the absence of counter-power

Abstract

The French representative democracy should be reformed to make it better adapted to the principles of a modern democracy with a high level of inclusion and participation. The CIR contributes to an effective participation in decisionmaking, because it is a very efficient instrument for citizens to express their will forcefully. It is a tool that can strengthen democracy, and not to worsen it. And for this reason, it is one of the best measures that we could adopt in France. Although the CIR can have negative effects such as decreasing the participation in the elections, by associating it with the basic income, we avoid this, but in addition we decrease the economic inequalities that are also creators of political inequality.