The Lycra national conference, scheduled for this Saturday at the Sciences-Po campus in Reims, was moved to the city hall due to the blockade of the campus by pro-Palestinian students.
emergency steps. The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), which held its 52nd national conference on the topic of migration in Europe from Friday to Sunday at the Reims campus of the Paris Grande Ecole, had to find meeting rooms in other rooms.
Students and activists who demonstrated on Friday decided to occupy their campus on Saturday morning to criticize Israel’s abuses in Gaza and demand sanctions against the Jewish state. According to photos posted on social networks, a Palestinian flag was hanging over the door of the establishment.
Lycra condemned the blockage organized accordingly on X “Supported by Students” Criticizing elected officials of LFI “Liberty-destroying methods […] unacceptable”, In a statement issued on Saturday, he called “An energetic start from the management of the Sciences Po school and a firm response from the public authorities”, noting that “radical Zionism is a vehicle of anti-Semitism”.,
“We wanted to debate with him but he remained in an ideological posture.” Lycra president Mario Stasi expressed regret to AFP. The debate was therefore moved to the Reims town hall, the municipality indicated in a press release, emphasizing that the mayor of Reims, Arnoud Robinet. “Strongly condemn the progress of obscenity in Sciences-Po”.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said this Saturday that he “Will never have the right to block” In universities, are condemned “Heartbreaking scene” The Paris compound was partially occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters on Friday, turning into a tense face-off with other pro-Israel protesters.
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The incident comes the day after a tense pro-Palestinian mobilization at Sciences-Po’s Paris campus, which ended with an agreement between protesters and management. The situation in Paris had calmed down on Friday evening, with the management of Sciences Po Paris announcing the suspension of disciplinary procedures and the organization of an internal debate next week.
These mobilizations follow movements on university campuses in the United States, where students organized demonstrations and sit-ins to demand an end to the war in Gaza and asked that their institutions break all cooperation with Israel.