State “will not cut its subsidy” at Sciences Po Paris, Higher Education Minister Sylvie Retailleau said on Tuesday, April 30, a day after Valérie Pécresse’s announcement of “suspension” funding from the Ile-de-France region. Last week, the establishment was the scene of blockades and mobilizations in support of the Palestinians, sometimes punctuated by tensions.
Sciences Po interim administrator Jean Bassères said “regret” this announcement from Valérie Pécress in an interview with World published on Tuesday. “The Ile-de-France region is a vital partner of Sciences Po and I wish to maintain a dialogue on the position expressed by Mr.me Pécresse »he adds.
“We have an agreement on objectives and means of performance that we are currently discussing, we have leverage to discuss with Sciences Po”for his part said Mme Retailleau on France 2, estimates the state funding of Sciences Po Paris at 75 million euros.
“No anti-Semitic comments”
When asked about the suspension of the disciplinary proceedings announced on Friday, April 26 by the management against the students involved in these actions, the minister of higher education reiterated that it was only one sanction, “related to the invasion of the head of the staircase (in offices) Direction “. It was there then “no antisemitic comments” AND “no violence” was committed, she added. “There will never be talk of lifting sanctions associated with anti-Semitic statements”, said Sylvie Retailleau. AND “Cooperation with universities in Israel will not be suspended”she said again, referring to one of the activists’ demands.
Jean Bassères also claims World that he “don’t think about giving up” to Sciences Po’s academic partnership with Israeli universities and says “ready to explain (her) position”. While the government cracked down on pro-Palestinian mobilization in the establishment in March, the interim administrator insists it did not. “he felt no interference from public authorities (her) with regard to or with regard to the institution’.