This is probably a first, and it should make some noise. This Monday, Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France region, announced the suspension of its funding for Sciences Po, the scene of a tense pro-Gaza mobilization, “as long as serenity and security are not achieved.” restored.”
“A minority of radicalized people calling for anti-Semitic hatred, and exploited by LFI and its Islamo-leftist allies, cannot dictate their law to the entire educational community,” accuses the right-wing president on X. Friday, a day blockade and mobilization, punctuated by tensions, was held at Sciences Po Paris, in the presence of several LFI deputies.
One million euros from the contract with the State plus operating appropriations
Regional support for the prestigious school includes one million euros “planned for 2024 as part of the CPER (State-region plan contract)”, the entourage of the former candidate for the election told AFP. presidential.
Other “operating credits”, intended in particular for international mobility, planned “for spring and the start of the school year” are suspended, added the same Source.
In response to a mobilization of pro-Palestinian students echoing the protests agitating prestigious American campuses, the management of Sciences Po Paris committed Friday evening to organizing an internal debate and to suspend disciplinary procedures launched against demonstrators.
The opposition evokes Stanislas and denounces the “double standards” of Valérie Pécresse
This “suspension” of disciplinary procedures does not concern the investigation opened in March after an accusation of anti-Semitism, underlined Sunday the Minister of Higher Education, Sylvie Retailleau.
A measure which did not fail to provoke a reaction from the regional opposition. On the same X network, the Socialist, Ecologist and Radical (SER) group referred to another case: “And Stanislas? Two weights, two measures. When it comes to suspending subsidies to the Stanislas high school because the former director regularly consulted “child pornography” sites (1,400 connections per day!), there is radio silence on the @vpecresse side. »
Stanislas had kept his financing in January
The school in the 6th arrondissement has been at the heart of the storm in recent months after the publication of an inspection report which accused the Catholic school of “abuses in the application of the association contract” of the establishment with the State, such as the obligation to take catechism classes, which is contrary to the law.
“Drifts” also in the content of these courses, according to the report, which underlines that “certain catechists express personal convictions which go beyond the positions of the Catholic Church, for example on abortion” or “likely to be classified criminally on homosexuality.
At the time, the regional president chose to maintain her funding. “From the moment the State maintains the association contract”, “the financing is maintained”, explained Valérie Pécresse’s entourage before the vote, on January 31 in the permanent committee, of a first envelope of 917,000 euros, the largest in the region for a private school.
The mobilization spreads to the Sorbonne
On Monday, the police entered the Sorbonne to evacuate pro-Palestinian activists who had set up tents inside the university buildings.
The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, “requested that the Sorbonne be evacuated quickly”, as “he had asked for Sciences Po on Friday”, his entourage said.
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