The president of the Ile-de-France (Paris) region, Valerie Pecresse, announced that she had decided to suspend funding for the Faculty of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) until “calm and security are restored,” a position that the sector minister denied on Tuesday.
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This minority, Pecresse defended, “cannot dictate the law to the entire educational community,” justifying a decision that was not supported by the French Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retaillot.
The minister noted that the French state subsidy, amounting to almost 40% of the institution’s budget, will be maintained.
“We have a contract for the tasks and resources that are being discussed and we have the opportunity to discuss it with Sciences Po,” but “the state will not reduce the Sciences Po subsidy,” Sylvie Retaillot said on France 2 channel, assessing financing in question of 75 million euros.
In a post on Monday, Valerie Pecresse added that her region “defends the right to free, informed and respectful debate in French universities, in accordance with the universal values of humanism that they embody and which lie at the center of the Republican Pact.”
“Due to the resignation of the leadership, the region is calling for increased powers,” he added in his message.
Inspired by the mobilization of some North American universities, Sciences Po and the Sorbonne, two of the most prestigious French institutions, became the scene of blockades and occupations that led to police intervention to demobilize them.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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