Nicole Belloubet has singled out the private Muslim college Avicenne in Nice. The prefect of Alpes-Maritimes has ordered its closure at the end of the year.

At issue: a “very large part of the funding which is not traceable’. The rector relies on the anti-separatism law of 2021, which provides that “the private educational establishment provides budgetary, accounting and financial documents” to explain the source of its funding.