Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the National Assembly. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
After the damage perpetrated in Lyon 3 on the sidelines of the arrival of Yaël Braun-Pivet, Lyon's political reactions were heard.
Coming to Lyon to attend a conference of the PoliGones association on the premises of the Lyon 3 University, the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet was the target of hostile and anti-Israel tags. “Free Gaza”, “Yaël accomplice” or even “Yaël, get out of it”, we could read this Friday afternoon on the walls of the faculty.
Clashes also broke out in front of the university and in the amphitheater, requiring the intervention of the CRS.
A situation that Lyon’s elected officials strongly condemned. “The University of Lyon-III was targeted by tags during the visit of Yaël Braun-Pivet. No degradation is acceptable in the democratic debate“, wrote in the evening on X the mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, whose reaction was expected.
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Of the “attacks with anti-Semitic overtones“
“We strongly reject these gagging methods intended to prevent a political representative from speaking. We denounce with the greatest firmness certain attacks with anti-Semitic overtones.“, indicated Renaissance Rhône and the Young People with Macron in a joint press release, who also indicated their support for the President of the National Assembly, as well as “all university students who may have been impacted“.
“Anti-Semitic violence has no place in our society“
“I strongly condemn the anti-Semitic violence which is rampant in our country, it has no place in our society“, commented Pierre Oliver, Les Républicains (LR) mayor of the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, who also said “uncomfortable” with the reaction of the mayor of Lyon. “He says that the university was targeted but he does not pose the terms of anti-Semitism. “It’s particularly shocking,” he added.
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