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On several occasions, Poux marched alongside employees of the city. In particular, he refused the announced closure of the Alstom factory-Rateau, in 2003, and supported the workers on strike. With them he won the preservation of the La
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Poux initiated a local referendum, held on 7 December 2003, to allow the people of his city to have the final choice about joining the urban community Plaine
Commune, which was created in 2000. Open to foreign residents in the city, the vote was challenged by the departmental prefect, but the
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called Poux's integrity into question, saying that he had received an allocation of housing in May 2004 at the OPHLM (subsidized housing) in La
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municipal attorney validated the decision of
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Poux created several new festivals in the city: the Feast of the City (first held during the FIFA World Cup in 1998), La
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anti-eviction action and had electricity cuts within the city stopped. From
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n°109, November 1996. (Municipal Archives of La Courneuve).
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