In the corridors and administrative offices of building B of the university of Nanterre, mattresses are placed on the floor and posters stuck to the wall "We will not be a sacrificed generation", "Do not put your feet on my bed". For 70 days, "without college" helped by the UNEF student union have been organized to occupy the Grappin administrative building night and day in order to demand from the presidency an integration into a course. “I applied but I was not accepted, explains Julia who validated her L3. It is my dream to go to a Masters. There is not the budget to accommodate us but we are not responsible for that! Julia says she won't let go. "We're warriors, with all the dirty tricks we've been given, we're still here!" "These" low blows ", according to the students,it is the power cuts and the behavior of the security service.
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In November 2021, the president of the University, Philippe Gervais-Lambony, explained to the Parisian that he had been able to enroll more than 300 students, “beyond our capacity to welcome”.
But there are still 21 unassigned students, determined not to leave the administrative building until they have won their case.
Contacted by the Parisian, the president of the University did not respond to our request for an interview.
He denounced in a statement in December "the brutal intrusion of people outside the university".