Founded in 1984 by Solange Fernex, a famous Green representative at the EU parliament, la Maison de Vigilance is working for the Abolition of nuclear weapons. Every year La Maison de Vigilance organises a fast to commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and to create a public opinion to abolish nuclear weapons.
Initially based in Taverny, a small city close to Paris with a nuclear weapon center, La Maison de Vigilance is now acting in Paris, the former basis being closed. Internationnally, la Maison de Vigilance is also involved in lobbying at the Non-Proliferation Treaty conferences.