Abstract
Since the end of the last century, the Internet has shown that it is a different media, a media of citizen journalists. This paper surveys e-democratic tools used at the local level in France in order to see how the Internet can change our democracy and people’s participation. It describes the official tools provided by municipalities and administrations as well as citizens’ tools, like blogs, which become more and more important in today’s democratic debate. It analyses how they help for more transparency, accountability and participation, which might lead to define new democratic rules.