The Paris police headquarters banned a demonstration planned outside Sciences Po on Thursday, March 14, in support of students who organized a pro-Palestinian mobilization in the school’s amphitheater.
The Urgence Palestine collective, which brings together associations and unions and has been at the origin of regular demonstrations in support of the population in Gaza, convened a rally in front of Sciences Po Paris at the end of the day. The Student Union, a left-wing union, has also called to gather at 6 p.m. at 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, a symbolic demonstration on the Paris campus. “Condemning genocide is not a crime!” Sciences-Po student support », we can read va contribution to.
The prestigious Parisian establishment has been in turmoil since Tuesday. Versions differ as to the reasons why a student member of the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) was denied entry to the amphitheater of the Parisian institution. The room was occupied by students on the occasion of the mobilization day of European universities for Palestine.
According to Sciences Po leadership in an email to the education community and shared below “Incriminating remarks were made against” from UEJF. The association condemned the anti-Semitic remarks directed at the student, which led the government to contact the prosecutor on Wednesday. At the same time, an internal disciplinary investigation was launched. These allegations were refuted by the Palestine Committee at Sciences Po.
Chain reactions
It has been raining political reactions for two days now. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, condemned on Thursday morning “a climate of anti-Semitism that took hold” In France. Invited to Europe 1, she was worried that they might become universities “places of unfettered activism”referring to the pro-Palestinian mobilization organized on the premises of Sciences Po Paris on Tuesday.
It has been raining political reactions for two days now. Speaking to France 2 on Télématin, Senate President Gérard Larcher said: “Science Po cannot become an Islamist-leftist bunker. A university, a great school, must be a place of debate, it must be a place of expression, of free opinion.” He also condemned “wokism”, “an ideology that takes over part of the university”, he said.
Caroline Yadan, Renaissance Member of Parliament and Secretary of the France-Israel Friendship Group, expressed regret on BFM-TV about the situation “ extreme gravity “. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of France Insoumise, strongly criticized the government’s response to X: “ The Prime Minister should take care of governance instead of doing CPE at Sciences Po and spreading fake far right campaigns “.
Aymeric Caron, LFI representative, went to Sciences Po in the morning to support the students. who are mobilizing for peace in Gaza and who were unfairly accused of anti-Semitism after the publicized incident.he wrote further by not condemning terrorism by inciting reprehensible ambiguities about anti-Semitism it incites hatred and tension. »