The President of the Ile-de-France Regional Council, Valérie Pécresse, announced on Monday, April 29, her decision “ suspend all funding from the region intended for Sciences Po until peace and security are restored at the school.a few days after a tense pro-Palestinian mobilization at Sciences Po Paris, concluded by an agreement between protesters and management.
“A minority of radicalized people calling for anti-Semitic hatred and misused by LFI (rebellious France) and its Islamic-Leftist allies cannot dictate their laws to the entire educational community,” she continued to state his accountcalling for a “increase in authority”.
Regional support for the prestigious school includes 1 million euros “planned for 2024 as part of the CPER (State Region Plan Agreement)”her escort told Agence France-Presse (AFP).me Pécress. Other “operating credits”intended especially for international mobility, planned “for spring and back to school” are suspended, same resource added.
“absolute scandal”
The socialist, ecological and radical group in the regional council condemned it on AND “Two weights, two measures”. “Regarding the suspension of subsidies to Stanislas High School due to the former principal (boarding school) regularly visited sites with child pornography (…), it’s radio silence on the part of Valérie Pécresse”he remarked.
“It’s a disgrace and a complete scandal”for her part, she criticized the “rebellious” Mathilde Panot after a meeting with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. “The youth of Sciences Po, like the youth of the Sorbonne today, like the youth of Columbia and the thirty universities who are fighting to reject the silent killing of Palestinians, are the honor of the world and the honor of our country”estimated the leader of the LFI deputies.
Management agreement
After weeks of tension, the management of Sciences Po Paris announced an agreement on Friday evening with its students mobilized for the Palestinian cause, pledging to organize an internal debate and suspend disciplinary proceedings against some of the protesters. This “suspension” of disciplinary proceedings does not relate to the investigation launched in March into allegations of anti-Semitism, Higher Education Minister Sylvie Retailleau stressed on Sunday.
Gabriel Attal already accused on Saturday “a minority upset by political forces, especially the LFI” of “try to disrupt the functioning of this institution” while at Sciences Po Paris, a day of blockade and mobilization punctuated by tension was held in the presence of several MPs from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party. “There will never be a right to block, there will never be tolerance for the actions of an active and dangerous minority who seek to impose their rules on our students and our teachers.”declared the Prime Minister during a trip to Pirou in the Manche.