Mayalene Tremolet
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07:49, April 28, 2024
After the blockade of Sciences Po Paris by pro-Palestinian students, it is the turn of the Reims branch to see the same demonstrations on its campus. A movement which is spreading, under the approval of LFI elected officials, who are calling for the movement to be extended to all IEPs in France.
After Sciences Po Paris, will the Propalestine movement extend to other campuses in the region? This Saturday, it was the turn of the IEP (Institute of Political Studies) in Reims to experience a blocking movement. Consequence: the emergency relocation of a convention of the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) which was to be held there. The organization believes that it is the LFI elected officials who encourage students to mobilize.
As proof, the rebellious candidate in the European elections, Rima Hassan, a pro-Palestinian activist, called on her social networks on Saturday for a student mobilization bringing together all the IEPs in France. Blockages which aroused the indignation of the government. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal thus affirmed on Saturday that vigilance would be total in the days to come.
A political strategy
“I had the opportunity, you remember a few weeks ago, to go to Sciences Po to denounce the excesses of an active and dangerous minority who want to impose an ideology on the majority of students and teachers. coming from across the Atlantic, trying to disrupt the proper functioning of this school. We will never compromise on respect for the values of the Republic,” he assured journalists.
For her part, the Minister of Higher Education, Sylvie Retailleau, condemned the irresponsibility of Rima Hassan, declaring that “electoral cynicism does not excuse everything”. It must be said that in the context of the European elections, these revolts play into the hands of La France Insoumise, which seeks to transform militant anger into ballot papers in universities. An electoral calculation which is part of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strategy while the Insoumis have made the Palestinian cause the main subject of their European campaign.