Gabriel Attal denounces a “heartbreaking spectacle”

The day after the blockade of Sciences Po Paris by students supporting Palestine, the Prime Minister wanted to be firm on Saturday April 27. “There will never be a right to blockage, never any tolerance with the action of an active, dangerous minority, which seeks to impose its rules, an ideology from across the Atlantic on its students and our teachers”, declared Gabriel Attal. The day before, students demanded an end to the school’s partnerships with companies supporting Israeli policies. A demonstration without clashes, until the arrival of pro-Israeli activists. An agreement was finally reached between management and students. The demonstrators thus lifted the blockade.

Insoumise France accused by the right and the government

Elected officials from La France insoumise present on site greeted “a victory”but the government denounces the party’s involvement in this action. “Yesterday, we saw the heartbreaking, shocking spectacle of a minority agitated by political forces, and in particular La France insoumise, (seeking) to disrupt the functioning of this institution”, declared Gabriel Attal again. The right also accused the rebels of exploiting the students.