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Presidential: Sciences Po Paris blocked by students opposed to Marine Le Pen

2022-04-14T15:42:22.807Z


Classes switched to distance learning as 150 students began a school lockdown. “We are here mainly to fight


Around 150 students gathered in front of Sciences Po Paris on Thursday, blocking access to the establishment to make their voices heard in the in-between rounds of the presidential election and to alert on ecological or social issues, while the Sorbonne was always busy at midday.

Banners on the doors read "no quarter for fascists, no fascists in our neighborhoods", "no to the extreme right", "anti-fascist feminists".

“Enough of this society, which fears veiled women, listen to Zemmour on TV”, “we are here, even if Macron does not want us, we are here” or even “the youth fucks the National Front”, shouted with megaphones students in front of the blocked establishment.

Were present activists from Solidaires, Unef, SOS Racisme but also non-unionized students.

“Sciences Po teams noted this morning the blocking of access to the site at 27 rue Saint-Guillaume by a group of students with claims related to the presidential election.

The courses scheduled today on this site have been switched to distance learning.

The other Sciences Po sites remain open and operating normally,” Sciences Po said.

The Sorbonne still blocked

“Young people are faced with a false choice, two options which in both cases are harmful to them, whether in the face of social justice, oppression or the climate emergency,” Baptiste, 22, told AFP. , 3rd year student union member at Solidaires Sciences Po. , added Sarah Bonvalet-Younès, president of Unef Sciences Po.

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A few hundred students launch the occupation of the Sorbonne University

On Wednesday, several hundred students took part in an interfacs general assembly in an amphitheater at the Sorbonne.

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University was still "partially occupied Thursday" at midday, according to the university's communication department.

“Courses are maintained remotely for all Paris 1 students, as well as for the other Parisian sites (about ten, including Tolbiac), until Saturday April 16 inclusive”, added the communication department, which specifies that these sites “are closed to students but open to staff”.

Students have also been blocking the premises of the Ecole Normale Supérieure since Monday, on the Jourdan campus in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Students also blocked the entrances to the Sciences Po Paris campus in Nancy on Wednesday, preventing teachers, students and the administration from having access.

Source: leparis

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