Title: Selected signatories
Resumé: Leading figures from all over the world were among the signatories of the 2008-2012 petition
Body:
Among signatures recorded since the launch of our petition on November 27, 2008:
The following list was last updated on Thursday December 8, 2011
NB:
- The names of French MPs (national and European) are marked with an asterisk (*)
- The web site addresses provided next to the names of some individual signatures are purely indicative, and do not imply that the organisation in question has necessarily endorsed the petition.
- Under the French "Computer Data and Freedom Act" dated January 6, 1978, all signatories have the right to ask that the information concerning them be modified, corrected or deleted. For any such requests, please contact us.
SOS-AFP - Selected Signatories: A and B | C to F | G to L | M to P | Q to Z
Names from A to B
Association ACRIMED - Action on Media Criticism (France) - http://www.acrimed.org/
ADIAFP - Association to defend the independence of Agence France-Presse
François Alfonsi - Member of the European Parliament*
Philippe Alfonsi - TV producer, Paris
Henri Alleg - Journalist, author of "The Question", about torture during the Algerian independence war
Abdoulatifou Aly - Member of Parliament for the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte*
Jacqueline Alquier - Senator for the Tarn region of southwestern France, member of the Midi-Pyrénées regional council*
Marie-Hélène Amiable - Member of Parliament, mayor of Bagneux in the Parisian suburbs*
Michèle André - Senator for the Puy de Dôme region (France)*
Alain Anziani - Senator for the Gironde region of southwestern France*
Mouloud Aounit - President of the French Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP) - http://www.mrap.asso.fr/
Pierre Arditi - Actor
Kader Arif - European Parliament member (Toulouse)*
Didier Arnal - President of the regional authority for the Val d’Oise region, near Paris
Balveer Arora - Professeur of political science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Fernando Arrabal - Writer and film-maker - http://www.arrabal.org/
Nathalie Arthaud - Spokesperson for the LUTTE OUVRIERE (Workers’ Struggle) Party - http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org/
Gérard Aschieri - General Secretary of the FSU education and civil service employees’ trade union, France
David Assouline - Senator for Paris*
ATTAC France - Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions and for Actions of Citizens - http://www.france.attac.org/
Bertrand Auban - Senator for the Haute-Garonne region (France)*
Florence Aubenas - Journalist with the French weekly Nouvel Observateur
Raymond Aubrac - World War II French Resistance fighter
Martine Aubry - General Secretary of the French Socialist Party - http://www.parti-socialiste.fr/
Paco Audije - General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - http://www.ifj.org/
Clémentine Autain - Feminist, co-director of the French magazine "Regards"
Kostas Axelos - Philosopher
Farida Ayari - Head of Middle East Desk, Radio France Internationale
Jean-Marc Ayrault - Head of Socialist Party group in the French parliament, mayor of Nantes, Brittany*
François-Henri Babouse (Monier) - Press cartoonist
René Backmann - Journalist with the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur
Gérard Bapt - MP for the Haute-Garonne region (France)*
Claude Bartolone - MP for Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris*
François Bayrou - MP, Leader of the Mouvement Démocrate (MODEM) Party - http://www.mouvementdemocrate.fr/*
Guy Bedos - Actor and comedian
Jean-Pierre Bel - Leader of the Socialist group in the French Senate*
Sandrine Bélier - Member of the European Parliament*
Malika Benarab-Attou - Member of the European Parliament*
Philippe Benmahdi - General-Secretary of the French CFDT union for media workers - http://www.f3c-cfdt.fr
Jean-Luc Bennahmias - European parliament member*
Jacques Berthou - Senator for the Ain region in eastern France*
Olivier Besancenot - Spokesperson of the New Anticapitalist Party (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste, NPA) - http://www.npa2009.org/
Jean-Paul Besset - Member of the European Parliament*
Jean-louis Bianco - MP and regional council president for Alpes de Haute-Provence region*
Martine Billard - MP for Paris (Left Democrat and Republican parliamentary group)*
Dominique Blanc - French actress
Paul Blanc - Senator for the Pyrénées-Orientales region of south-western France*
Patrick Bloche - MP for Paris*
André Boniface - Former rugby union international player for France
François Bonneau - President of the Central Regional Authority, France
Alain Bocquet - MP for the Nord region (Northern France)*
Nicole Borvo Cohen-Seat - Senator for Paris*
Jean-Marcel Bouguereau - Editor in chief, le Nouvel Observateur
Didier Boulaud - Senator, mayor of Nevers in north-central France*
Alima Boumediene-Thiéry - Senator, French Greens Party (Les Verts)*
Jim Boumelha - President, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - http://www.ifj.org/
François Bourgeon - cartoon album artist, screenwriter, son of Claude-Martial Bourgeon, AFP’s first director-general (July 1944-April 1945)
Hervé Bourges - Former president of the TF1 TV station, of the France Télévisions group and of the CSA TV and radio watchdog body
Bernadette Bourzai - Senator for the Corrèze region in central France*
Michel Boutant - Senator for the Charente region of southwestern France, president of the regional authority*
José Bové - Agricultural trade unionist, European Parliament member and spokesperson for Via Campesino - http://viacampesina.org/
Patrick Braouezec - MP for the Seine-Saint-Denis region, near Paris*
Jean-Pierre Brard - MP for the Seine-Saint-Denis region, near Paris*
Rony Brauman - Doctor, former president of the French NGO Médecins sans frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders)
Claire Brière-Blanchet - Journalist and writer
François Brottes - MP for the Isère region of eastern France*
Xavier Brouet - Joint secretary of the USJ-CFDT journalists’ trade union, journalist at the Républicain Lorrain newspaper - http://www.usj-cfdt.fr/
Marie-George Buffet - MP, National Secretary of the French Communist Party - http://www.pcf.fr/*
SOS-AFP - Selected Signatories: A and B (top of page) | C to F | G to L | M to P | Q to Z
Names from C to F
Christian Campiche - Journalist and writer, Lausanne, Switzerland
Jean-Jacques Candelier - MP for the Nord (North) region of France, mayor of Bruize-lez-Marchiennes*
Dominique Candille - General Secretary of the French national CGT journalists’ union (SNJ-CGT) - http://www.snj.cgt.fr/
Pascal Canfin - Member of the European Parliament*
Roland Castro - Architect
Bernard Cazeau - Senator, president of the regional authority for the Dordogne region*
Monique Cerisier Ben Guiga - Senator representing French people living abroad*
Jean-Paul Chanteguet - MP for the Indre region in central France*
Ramon Chao - Writer
Robert Chambeiron - Former general secretary of the French National (World War II) Resistance Council, CNR. Retired MP
Jean Charbonnel - Former government minister
André Chassaigne - MP, president of the Association of French Communist & Republican elected officials*
François Chérèque - General Secretary of the French Labour Confederation (CFDT)
Christian Chesnot - Grand Reporter, France Inter radio
Jacqueline Chevé - Senator for the Côtes d’Armor region, Brittany*
Jean-Pierre Chevènement - Senator for the Belfort region of eastern France, president of the Republican and Citizens’ Movement - http://www.mrc-france.org/*
Noam Chomsky - Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Hervé Claude - Writer and journalist
Yves Cochet - MP for Paris*
Didier Codorniou - Former rugby international, member of the general council for Languedoc-Roussillon in southwestern France
Pierre Cohen - MP, mayor of Toulouse*
Daniel Cohn-Bendit - Member of the European Parliament, co-president of the European Greens Free Alliance Group - http://www.greens-efa.org/*
Pierre-Yves Collombat - Senator for the Var region of southern France*
Gérard Collomb - Senator, mayor of Lyon*
Comedia - Swiss Media Workers’ Union - http://www.comedia.ch/
Yves Contassot - Member of Paris city council
Michèle Cotta - Journalist
Fanny Cottençon - Actress, Paris
Annick Coupé - Solidaires trade union grouping - http://www.solidaires.org/
Sindikat novinara Hrvatske Croatian Journalists’ Trade Union - http://www.snh.hr/
Florence Darel - Actress
Christian Darrouy - Former French international rugby player
Marc Daunis - Senator for the Alpes-Maritimes region of southeastern France, mayor of Valbonne Sophia Antipolis*
Yvan Dautin - Singer
Philippe Dechartre - Former Gaullist MP
Bertrand Delanoë - Mayor of Paris
Michel Delebarre - MP, mayor of Dunkirk in northern France*
Jacques Delors - Former government minister, former president of the European Commission
Karima Delli - Member of the European Parliament*
Jean Delumeau - Historian, former professor at the Collège de France, member of the Institut de France
Danielle De March-Ronco - Former vice-president of the European Parliament, writer
Jean-Pierre Demerliat - Senator for the Haute-Vienne region of west-central France, former mayor of Saint-Martin-le-Vieux*
Mylène Demongeot - Actress and writer
Christiane Demontès - Senator for the Rhône region in east-central France*
Bernard Derosier - Member of parliament, president of the council for the Nord (North) region of France*
Harlem Désir - European Parliament member, former head of the French anti-racism group SOS-Racisme*
Yohann Diniz - French athlete; champion race walker
Philippe Dintrans - Former French rugby international
René Dosière - Member of parliament for the Aisne region of northern France*
Julien Dray - MP for the Essonne region near Paris, vice-president of the Paris Region (Ile de France) Regional Authority*
Association Droit au Logement (DAL) - French Association for the Right to Housing: http://www.droitaulogement.org/
Association Droit Solidarité - Law and Solidarity - French jurists’ association - http://droitsolidarite.free.fr/
Jean-Pierre Dubois - President of the French Human Rights League (LDH) - http://www.ldh-france.org/
Cécile Duflot - National Secretary of the French Green Party - http://lesverts.fr/
Roland Dumas - Former president of the French Constitutional Court, former foreign minister
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan - MP for the Essonne region, president of Debout la République (Up the Republic) - http://www.debout-la-france.fr/*
Odette Duriez - Member of parliament for the Pas de Calais region in northern France. Mayor of Cambrin*
Olivier Dussopt - MP and mayor from the Ardèche region, France*
Jean-Luc Einaudi - Writer and historian
Henri Emmanuelli - MP for the Landes region of France*
Xavier Emmanuelli - Doctor
Charles Enderlin - Journalist
Homayoun Ershadi - Actor
Claude Estier - Former MP
Pierre Etaix - Actor and director
EELV : Europe-Ecologie-les-Verts (the main French "Greens" party) - http://www.eelv.fr/
Jean-Baptiste Eyraud - Spokesperson of the French Housing Rights (Droit au logement) association
Laurent Fabius - MP, former French prime minister*
Martine Faure - MP for the Gironde region of southwestern France*
The Finnish journalists’ trade union - Suomen Journalistiliitto - http://www.journalistiliitto.fi
France Amérique Latine - France-Latin America friendship association - http://www.franceameriquelatine.org/
Jean-Luc Fichet - Senator for Finistère region, Brittany*
Aurélie Filipetti - MP for the Moselle region, eastern France*
FNSI Federazione nazionale stampa italiana - Italian National Journalists’ Union (FNSI) - http://www.fnsi.it/
Hélène Flautre - Member of the European Parliament*
Michel Françaix - Member of parliament for the Oise region in the north of France, mayor of Chambly*
Jacqueline Fraysse - Member of parliament for the Hauts de Seine region near Paris - Left, Democratic and Republican Group (GDR)*
Georges Freche - President of the Languedoc Roussillon regional authority (southwestern France)
Bernard Frimat - Vice-president of the French Senat, senator for the Nord (North) region*
SOS-AFP - Selected Signatories: A and B (top of page) | C to F | G to L | M to P | Q to Z
Names from G to L
Jacques Gaillot - Bishop of Partenia - http://www.partenia.org/
Véronique Geneste - Actress
Catherine Génisson - Doctor, member of parliament for the Pas de Calais region in northern France*
Susan George - Anti-globalisation activist, essayist and novelist - http://www.tni.org/
André Gérin - MP and mayor from the Rhône region*
Claude Gewerc - President of the regional authority for Picardy, in northern France
Paul Giacobbi - Member of parliament and president of the general council for Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica)*
Béatrice Giblin - Professor at the University of Paris VIII; head of the French Institute of Geopolitics
Jean-Patrick Gille - Socialist Party Member of Parliament for the Indre-et-Loire region in west-central France*
Alain Girard - General Secretary of the French National Journalists’ Union (SNJ) - http://www.snj.fr/
Joël Giraud - MP for the Hautes Alpes region in south-western France*
Jean Glavany - Member of Parliament, former government minister*
Edouard Glissant - Writer
Jean-Pierre Godefroy - Senator*
Daniel Goldberg - Member of parliament for the Seine Saint Denis region, north of Paris*
Mike Golding - Yachtsman, former holder of record for westabout circumnavigation of globe - http://www.mikegolding.com/
Brigitte Gonthier-Maurin - Senator for the Hauts-de-Seine region near Paris*
Gaëtan Gorce - MP for the Nièvre region, France*
Sylvie Goulard - Member of the European Parliament*
Jacqueline Gourault - Senator for the Loir-et-Cher region of central France*
Gustavo Granero - General Secretary of the Argentinian Press Employees Federation (FATPREN) - http://www.fatpren.org.ar/
Bernard Grasset - Mayor of Rochefort and regional councillor in the west-central French region of Poitou-Charentes
Christophe Grébert - Journalist and blogger, municipal councillor for Puteaux, near Paris - http://www.monputeaux.com/
Maxime Gremetz - MP for the Somme region, northern France*
Catherine Grèze - Member of the European Parliament*
Nathalie Griesbeck - European parliament member*
Elisabeth Guigou - Member of parliament for Seine Saint Denis north of Paris, former justice minister*
Jean-Louis Guilhaumon - Vice-president of the regional council for the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwestern France, Mayor of Marciac, President of the Jazz in Marciac festival - http://jazzinmarciac.com/
Marek Halter - Writer
Benoît Hamon - Spokesperson for the French Socialist Party
Patrice Hernu - Founder and president of Radio France Bleu - http://sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-bleu/
Jean-François Hersent - General Secretary of the SUD Culture trade union (France)
Edmond Hervé - Senator for the d’Ille-et-Vilaine region of Brittany, former government minister*
Stéphane Hessel - French diplomat, co-drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Anne Hidalgo - First Deputy to the Mayor of Paris
Régis Hochart - Spokesperson for the French Confédération Paysanne farmer’s union - http://www.confederationpaysanne.fr/
Danièle Hoffman-Rispal - MP for Paris*
François Hollande - MP for the Corrèze region of central France, former secretary-general of the Socialist Party*
Jean-Paul Huchon - President of the regional authority for the Greater Paris (Ile de France) region
Robert Hue - Senator, founder of New Progressist grouping*
Christian Hutin - Member of parliament for the Nord (northern) region of France*
Monique Iborra - MP for the Haute-Garonne region*
Jean Louis Idiart - MP for the Haute-Garonne region*
Albert Jacquard - Geneticist and writer
Yannick Jadot - Member of the European Parliament*
Annie Jarraud - Senator*
Patrick Jarry - Mayor of Nanterre, near Paris, regional councillor for the Hauts-de-Seine district
Jean-Jacques Jégou - Senator for the Val-de-Marne region, near Paris*
Eva Joly - Member of the European Parliament*
Francis Joyon - Yachtsman, holder of the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe -
http://www.trimaran-idec.com/
Jean-Francois Julliard - General Secretary of Reporters without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) - http://www.rsf.org/
Armand Jung - MP for the Bas-Rhin region (Alsace)*
Axel Kahn - President of the Paris-Descartes medical faculty
Jean-François Kahn - Journalist, founder of the French news magazine Marianne
Andreas Kannaourous - President of the Union of Cyprus journalists - http://www.esk.org.cy/
Abbas Kiarostami - Film director, winner of the Golden Palm award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
Georges Kiejman - Barrister, former French government minister
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen - Member of the European Parliament*
Théo Klein - World War II Resistance fighter, lawyer in Paris and Israel, former head of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France
Arne König - President, European Federation of Journalists - http://europe.ifj.org/
Alain Krivine - Spokesperson for the French Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) - http://www.lcr-rouge.org/
Yves Lacoste - Geographer, founder of the French review Hérodote
Jean Lacouture - Historian, former journalist with "Le Monde"
Pierre Lafrance - "Lifetime ambassadeur" of France (ambassadeur de France)
Serge Lagauche - Senator for the Val de Marne region, near Paris*
Arlette Laguiller - Spokesperson for the LUTTE OUVRIERE (Workers’ Struggle) Party - http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org/
André Laignel - General Secretary of the Association of French Mayors (AMF) mayor of Issoudun - http://www.amf.asso.fr/
Zuliana Lainez - General Secretary of the National Association of Peruvian Journalists (ANP) - http://www.anp.org.pe/
Jérôme Lambert - Member of parliament for the Charente region in southwestern France*
Jack Lang - MP, former minister*
Colette Langlade - MP for the Dordogne region of southwestern France*
Bernard Langlois - Journalist, Politis magazine - http://www.politis.fr/
Jean Lassalle - MP for the Pyrenées-Atlantique region*
Jean-Jacques Lasserre - Vice-president of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques regional council in the Basque region of south-western France
Jean Launay - MP for the Lot region in southwestern France, mayor of Bretenoux*
Jean Le Cam - French yachtsman, professional round-the-world sailor - http://www.jeanlecam.fr/
Jean-Yves Le Drian - President of the regional authority for Brittany
Jean-Marie Le Guen - Member of Parliament for Paris (9th ward)*
Patrick Le Hyaric - Member of the European Parliament, Director of the daily newspaper L’Humanité* - http://www.humanite.fr/
Louis Le Pensec - Former government minister
Claudy Lebreton - Regional council president in Brittany, president of the French regional council assembly
Jean Leclerc du Sablon - Former journalist at AFP and L’Express
Jacky Le Menn - Senator, vice-president of the regional council for Ille et Vilaine, Brittany*
Catherine Lemorton - MP for the Haute-Garonne region, south-western France*
Claudine Lepage - Senator representing French people living abroad*
Corinne Lepage - European Parliament member, President of the Citizen Action Participation Association for the 21st century (CAP21), vice-president of the Mouvement Démocrate (MODEM) Party - http://www.cap21.net/*
Jean-François Leroy - Director of Visa International Photojournalism Festival, Perpignan
Roland Leroy - Former director of the French Communist Party newspaper L’Humanité
Serge Letchimy - Member of Parliament for the Caribbean island of Martinique, mayor of its capital Fort-de-France*
Michel Liebgott - MP for the Moselle region, eastern France*
Martine Lignières-Cassou - MP for the Pyrénées Atlantiques region, southwestern France*
Agneta Lindblom Hulthén - President, Swedish Union of Journalists (Journalistförbundet) - http://www.sjf.se/
Vincent Lindon - Actor, director, screenwriter
Claude Lise - Senator, president of the region authority for Martinique in the French Caribbean*
François Loncle - MP for the Eure region (Normandy); journalist*
Michael Lonsdale - French actor, director and screenwriter
Vladimir Lulic - General Secretary of the Croatian journalist’s association (HND) - http://www.hnd.hr/
Victorin Lurel - MP and President of the regional authority for Guadeloupe in the French Antilles*
SOS-AFP - Selected Signatories: A and B (top of page) | C to F | G to L | M to P | Q to Z
Names from M to P
Christian Mahieux - Worker with French railways (SNCF), activist of the SUD-Rail trade union and the Solidaires union grouping - http://www.solidaires.org/
Jean-Claude Mailly - General Secretary of the Force Ouvrière Trade Union confederation - http://www.force-ouvriere.fr/
Edmond Maire - Former seneral secretary of the CFDT Trade Union confederation, president of France Active - http://www.franceactive.org/
François Maitia - Vice-President of the regional authority for Aquitaine in southwestern France, general councillor for Saint Jean Pied de Port
Christian Malard - Journalist with the France 3 televison channel
Henri Malberg - Former head of the Communist group on the Paris city council. Founder of the contemporary edition of the magazine "Regards" - http://www.regards.fr/
Martin Malvy - President of the Midi-Pyrénées regional authority, southwest France
Noël Mamère - Green Party MP, mayor*
Marie-Lou Marcel - Member of parliament for the Aveyron region of southern France*
Philippe Martin - MP and president of the regional authority for the Gers region of southwestern France*
Martine Martinel - MP for the Haute-Garonne region*
Jean-Pierre Masseret - Senator for the Moselle, president of the Lorraine regional authority, eastern France*
Bruno Masure - Journalist
Laurent Mauduit - Journalist
Jean Mauriac - Former AFP journalist, writer
Pierre Mauroy - Senator for the Nord region, northern France; former prime minister*
Federico Mayor - Former director-general of UNESCO
Sandrine Mazetier - MP for Paris*
Rachel Mazuir - Senator for the Ain region, east-central France*
Jean-Luc Mélenchon - Senator, founder of French Left Party - http://www.lepartidegauche.fr/*
Michel Ménard - MP for the Loire-Atlantique region*
Louis Mermaz - Senator for the Isère region, former speaker of the French parliament, former minister*
Daniel Mermet - Journalist, France-Inter radio station
Daniel Mesguich - Actor and director
Jean-Pierre Michel - Senator from the Haute-Saône region*
Didier Migaud - MP for the Isère region of eastern France, president of the National Assembly’s finance committee*
Danielle Mitterrand - President of the France-Libertés-Fondation Danielle Mitterrand non-profit association. http://www.france-libertes.fr/
Gilbert Mitterrand - Mayor of Libourne in southwestern France, vice-president of the Gironde regional council
Francis Mizio - Writer, former journalist
Ariane Mnouchkine - Theatre director
Jean-Pierre Mocky - Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter
Salariés Molex - Numerous workers from the Molex factory in Villemur sur Tarn, France, threatened with delocalisation - http://www.molex-villemur.com/index.php?pages/Petition
Arnaud Montebourg - MP, president of the regional authority for the Saône et Loire region in east-central France*
Jeanne Moreau - Actress
Edgar Morin - Philosopher and sociologist
Pierre Moscovici - MP for the Doubs region of eastern France, former government minister*
Jean Mouzat - President of the French Movement to Defend Farmers (MODEF) - http://www.modef.fr/
Philippe Mudry - Director of the Agefi financial news agency, former AFP journalist. - http://www.agefi.fr/
Roland Muzeau - MP for the Hauts de Seine region near Paris*
Claire Nader - Actress
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) - UK and Ireland. http://www.nuj.org.uk
Robert Navarro - Senator for the Hérault region*
Yannick Noah - Former professional tennis champion, singer, actor - http://www.yannicknoah.com
Marie-Renée Oget - MP and mayor from the Côtes d’Armor region, Brittany*
Gérard Onesta - Vice-President of the European Parliament*
Michel Onfray - Philosopher and author
Vicente Páez - General Secretary of the Paraguayan Journalists’ Union - http://americalatina.ifj.org/
Pancho - Press cartoonist
Charles Pasqua - Senator for the Hauts-de-Seine region near Paris, former government minister*
Isabelle Pasquet - Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhône region, southern France*
François Patriat - Senator for the Côte-d’Or region of Burgundy, President of the Burgundy regional authority*
Christian Paul - MP for the Nièvre region*
Christophe Pauly - General Secretary of the CFDT media union - http://www.cfdt-medias.org/
Pierre Péan - Writer, former AFP journalist
Vincent Peillon - European Parliament member*
Ernest Pekeuho - President of the Bloc for the reconstruction and economic independence of Cameroon (BRIC)
Patrick Pelloux - Trade unionist and doctor - http://www.amuf.fr/
Daniel Percheron - Senator for the Pas-de-Calais, northern France*
Jean Peyrelevade - Economist, vice-president of the Mouvement Démocrate (MODEM) Party
Martine Pinville - MP for the Charente region of south-western France*
Edwy Plenel - Journalist, Mediapart
Parti Ouvrier Indépendant - Independent Workers’ Party (France) - http://www.parti-ouvrier-independant.com/
Bernard Poulet - Journalist
Raymond Poulidor - French former cycle-racing champion
Gisèle Printz - Senator for the Moselle region, eastern France*
Association Pupilles de la nation - HOMEGA - Association for the defence of war orphans - http://www.pupilles-homega.org/
François Pupponi - MP for the Val d’Oise region near Paris, mayor of Sarcelles*
Bruno Putzulu - Actor, Paris
SOS-AFP - Selected Signatories: A and B (top of page) | C to F | G to L | M to P | Q to Z
Names from Q to Z
Jean-Jack Queyranne - President of the Rhône-Alpes regional authority, southern France
Paul Quilès - Former government minister
Jack Ralite - Senator for the Seine-Saint-Denis region, near Paris (Communist, Republican and Citizen Parliamentary Group*
François Rebsamen - Senator for the Côte d’Or region of Burgundy, mayor of Dijon*
Daniel Reiner - Senator for the Meurthe et Moselle region, eastern France*
Ivan Renar - Senator for the Nord region*
Denise René - Parisian art gallery owner - http://www.deniserene.com/
Robin Renucci - Actor, president of the Association for International Artistic Gatherings, ARIA (Corsica) - http://www.ariacorse.org/
Thierry Repentin - Senator for the Savoie region of southeastern France*
Michèle Rivasi - Member of the European Parliament*
Raúl Rivero - Cuban journalist, Madrid
Robert Rochefort - Member of the European Parliament*
Philippe Rochot - Reporter for the France 2 TV channel
Eric Rouleau - Writer, former ambassador, journalist
Martine Roure - Vice-President of the European Parliament*
Ségolène Royal - President of the Poitou-Charentes regional authority in southwest France; former Socialist candidate for the presidency
Rufus - Actor
Didier Sandre - Actor
Jean-Claude Sandrier - MP for the Cher region of central France, president of the Left Democrat and Republican group in the lower house of the French parliament*
Association Comité des sans-logis - French Association for the Homeless - http://asso.francenet.fr/cdsl/
Pierre Santini - Actor
Michel Sapin - Socialist Party MP for the Indre region of central France, former finance minister*
Marielle de Sarnez - European Parliament member, 1st vice-president of the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) Party*
Association Sauvons l’Université - Association to Save French Universities - http://www.sauvonsluniversite.com/
Pascale Lora Schyns - Writer
Gérard Sebag - TV producer
Michel Sergent - French senator*
Antoine Sfeir - Journalist, editor of the Cahiers de L’Orient Middle Eastern Review
Franco Siddi - General Secretary of the Italian National Journalists’ Union (FNSI) - http://www.fnsi.it/
Maurice Siné - Press cartoonist
Syndicat National de la Météo CGT - CGT weather forecasters trade union (SNM-CGT) - http://www.cgt-meteo.org/
Philippe Sollers - Writer
Franck Sorbier - Fashion designer
Solidaires SUD Culture - SUD Culture trade union grouping (France) - http://www.sud-culture.org/
SUD France 3 - SUD Union for France 3 TV station - http://sudfr3docs.zeblog.com/
Jean-Pierre Sueur - Senator, former government minister*
Catherine Tasca - Senator*
Christiane Taubira - MP for the Guyane overseas territory, Radical Left Party - http://www.planeteradicale.org/*
Jean-François Téaldi - General Secretary of the French CGT union for TV and Radio journalists
Pascal Terrasse - MP for the Ardèche region, central France*
Alain Terrenoire - President of PanEurope International - http://www.paneuropa.org/
Raymonde Le Texier - Senator for the Val d’Oise region near Paris*
Bernard Thibault - General Secretary of the French CGT union confederation - http://www.cgt.fr/
Isabelle Thomas - Regional councillor for Brittany, former vice-president of the UNIEF-ID students’ union
Samuel Thomas - Vice-president of the anti-racism group "SOS-Racisme" - http://www.sos-racisme.org/
Jean-Marc Todeschini - Senator for the Moselle region, eastern France*
Catherine Trautmann - European Parliament member from the Alsace region, eastern France*
Alberto Uderzo - Comic strip artist, reponsible along with René Goscinny for most of the Astérix books - http://www.asterix.com/
Jean-Jacques Urvoas - MP for the Finistère region, Britanny*
André Vallini - Socialist MP for the Isère region of southeastern France, president of the Isère regional authority*
Manuel Valls - Member of parliament for the Essonne region near Paris, mayor of Ivry*
Yannick Vaugrenard - French European Parliament member*
Michel Vauzelle - President of the Provence, Alps and Côte d’Azur regional authority, MP
Michel Vaxes - MP for the Bouches du Rhône region, southern France*
Pierre Villard - President of the French "Mouvement de la Paix" (peace movement)
Jacques Voisin - President of the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC) Union - http://www.cftc.fr/
Dominique Voynet - Senator, Mayor of Montreuil, near Paris, member of the Greens Party*
Henri Weber - French European Parliament member*
Pierre Whalon - Bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe - http://pierrewhalon.info/
Francis Wurtz - European parliament member, president of the European United Left grouping*
Richard Yung - Senator, representing French citizens living abroad*
Jean Ziegler - Writer and sociologist, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000-2008 - http://www.righttofood.org/
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Data Confidentiality
The e-mail addresses and other personal data collected during the present campaign were not transferred to any third party or used for any other purposes whatsoever.
The data file collected as a result of this petition was declared to the French national data watchdog CNIL (reference number 1333451). It was destroyed at the end of the campaign.