François Bayrou believes that “the State has a responsibility” so that “Sciences Po does not become a battlefield”

The High Commissioner for Planning and President of Modem was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” this Tuesday.

“The State has a responsibility” so that “Sciences Po does not become a battlefield“, says François Bayrou, High Commissioner for Planning, president of Modem, on franceinfo this Tuesday. He is worried “sectarian and partisan clashes“within Sciences Po Paris, with people who do not”listen to each other more“, while the establishment has been experiencing student demonstrations in support of Gaza for several days.

“There is not a Republican citizen who is not concerned about what is happening at Sciences Po.“, he affirms. The High Commissioner for Planning affirms that “Ssciences Po Paris is 45% financed by the State“and that, in fact, “the state has a responsibility“to ensure that the establishment”don’t become a battlefield“. He calls for “see the depth of the drama of October 7 and its echo in the French University“.

“You should not immediately overreact to such a situation“, supports for her part Nicole Belloubet, Minister of National Education and Youth, on France Inter while the President of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse announced to suspend the Region’s funding for Sciences Po , which has seen student demonstrations in support of Gaza for several days. The minister judges the situation “.regrettable for the institution” of rue Saint-Guillaume.

François Bayrou, in favor of “the confrontation“, At “debate“, At “dialogue“and to”the exchange of opinions“is not, moreover, “uncomfortable” with the summons to the court of the Insoumises Mathilde Panot and Rima Hassan for “apology of terrorism”. He also questions the prefectural ban on the conference of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Rima Hassan at the University of Lille on April 18 last, while criticizing the fact that the University is “transformed into a meeting place“. According to him, the spirit of the times is “the exacerbation of passions” that “Insoumise France” as “the extreme right“try to”burn to use as electoral fuel“.