After the University of Lille, the prefecture also bans Mélenchon’s conference on Palestine

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s new conference on Palestine scheduled for Thursday evening in a room in Lille, after the ban on the one initially planned at the university, was itself banned by the Northern prefecture, announces La France insoumise in a statement.

Consequently, LFI says it has filed with the prefecture an appointment for a public gathering at the same time in the street “with a speech by Jean-Luc Mélenchon against censorship and for peace”. The party denounces a “intolerable relentlessness” And “an extremely serious precedent for our democracy”.

The day before, the University of Lille had banned the holding of this conference due to a rise in international tensions making it impossible to guarantee “the serenity of the debates”, after Iran’s recent attack on Israel. A new room, used to hosting weddings and student parties according to its TikTok account, had then been reserved. Several hundred people were expected at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, according to LFI’s estimate.