The Minister of Higher Education, Patrick Hetzel, announced on Saturday, November 9, that he would take legal action following the graffiti and the holding of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Friday against the visit of the president of the National Assembly, Yaël. Braun-Pivet, from the University of Lyon-III.
“To effectively combat these unacceptable acts, I have just submitted a report to the Lyon prosecutor”the minister announced in X. “I count on your firmness to act and stop these excesses contrary to the Values of the Republic”declared.
METROme Braun-Pivet was the target of hostile labels and slogans on Friday from pro-Palestinian activists who opposed her arrival at the university, such as “Yaël get out of there”, “genocidal perpetrators outside our universities.”
“Free Gaza” EITHER “Free Palestine” They were also part of messages tagged in large letters at night near campus, some of which were quickly deleted.
Yaël Braun-Pivet did not meet with protesters
Around 200 protesters continued in the same register in the afternoon, before the arrival of the Macronist deputy, shouting “Israel criminal, Yaël complicit” EITHER “Yaël, get out of there, Lyon-III is not yours”.
The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, denounced the “fascist derivative of activists who exploit the tragedy experienced by Palestinians”. Patrick Hetzel, for his part, condemned on Friday “The anti-Semitic insults pronounced against Yaël Braun-Pivet and the unacceptable actions of student groups that occurred in Lyon-III are strong”.
METROme Braun-Pivet, who did not meet the protesters, spoke for just over an hour to about 200 students.
