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The Union of Jewish Students of France affirmed that young people belonging to the association were “taken to task as Jews and Zionists” this Tuesday, March 12.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced this Wednesday early evening that the government would take legal action after the events which took place Tuesday on the Sciences Po-Paris campus. “The government will today create an article 40 to contribute to the investigation and contribute to the mobilization of services to determine what happened yesterday”did he declare.
A little earlier today, Emmanuel Macron denounced remarks during the Council of Ministers “unspeakable and completely intolerable” reported during a pro-Palestinian mobilization the day before at Sciences-Po Paris. The head of state “clearly and firmly reiterated its position: yes, university establishments are autonomous, but this autonomy in no way justifies the slightest beginning of separatism”declared government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot.
Tuesday morning, around a hundred students occupied the main amphitheater of the prestigious school of political sciences, a melting pot for French elites, as part of a “day of European university mobilization for Palestine”. A student from theUnion of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) then “was prevented from accessing the amphitheater” where the action took place, and “accusatory remarks were made (from the platform, Editor’s note) against” of the student association, denounced Sciences Po on the social network
“Several red lines have been crossed”
“Witnesses were heard” by the Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau who visited the site on Tuesday, according to Prisca Thevenot who invited “the young student who was the victim of these comments (…) to appear before the courts.” The management of Sciences-Po announced that it would seize “the disciplinary section with a view to sanction these intolerable actions »considering from the AFP “that several red lines have been crossed”.
According to a student present in the amphitheater interviewed by AFP, the young woman member of the UEJF was prevented from entering “for security reasons, because she had previously intimidated pro-Palestinian students”. “She’s the only one who couldn’t get in. Other members of the UEJF attended the debates”she said, on condition of anonymity. “Limit crossed at Sciences Po (…). UEJF students are attacked as Jews and Zionists”denounced the student association on “atmospheric anti-Semitism”.
LFI deputy Aymeric Caron addressed Wednesday on “well done to the Sciences Po students who are mobilizing against the ongoing genocide in Gaza”just like the LFI candidate for the European elections Rima Hassan who brought her “support for all students and all faculties who are mobilizing against the ongoing genocide.” “What happened has a name: anti-Semitism”writes for her part Aurore Bergé, Minister responsible for Equality between women and men, also on X.
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