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Geographer Alexandre Grondeau on free-party culture and French law

opinion-review · 2026-06-20

In an interview with Le Monde, Alexandre Grondeau, a professor at Aix-Marseille University who has conducted multiple studies on free-parties, discusses their origins and the stakes of the proposed Ripost law, which aims to create a new offense for organizing such events. Grondeau argues that the free-party is not a lawless space but a place where rules are changed.

Key facts

  • Alexandre Grondeau is a professor at Aix-Marseille University.
  • He has conducted several studies on free-parties.
  • The interview was published in Le Monde.
  • The Ripost law aims to create a new offense for organizing free-parties.
  • Grondeau states that free-parties are not lawless but spaces where rules are changed.

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Institutions

  • Aix-Marseille University
  • Le Monde

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