The resolution, which received bipartisan support, was voted on March 11, 2025, and aims to expedite the digitization and publication of these records that have remained largely dormant for six years.

Access to these documents has been largely restricted to researchers, often requiring special permission due to sensitive personal information.

In response to these concerns, the government has committed to exploring new technical solutions for anonymizing contributions and enabling online access, potentially utilizing artificial intelligence for content analysis.

The grievance logs, known as 'cahier de doléances', were created during the protests, capturing citizens' complaints about issues like fuel taxes and political leadership.

This consultation, conducted from January to March 2019, gathered 19,000 citizen notebooks, which ecologist MP Marie Pochon referred to as a 'national treasure'.

The French National Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at publicly releasing citizen grievances collected during the Grand National Debate, which was initiated in response to the 'gilets jaunes' protests.

These complaint books contain over 200,000 contributions from a national debate that engaged around two million citizens, highlighting their daily struggles and demands for better public services.

The resolution requests that the government digitize and anonymize each notebook to facilitate public access, emphasizing the personal nature of many submissions.

Pochon criticized the government's failure to publish these grievances, which remain stored in municipal archives and are rarely accessed by the public.

Supporters argue that publishing these grievances could restore dignity to the 'gilets jaunes' movement and highlight their calls for social and fiscal justice.

Current laws restrict public access to these archives for fifty years to protect privacy, but the resolution seeks to expedite this process through new technical solutions.

This decision is viewed as a long-overdue acknowledgment of a significant social movement, with political parties urged to learn from the insights contained within these documents.