Many universities in France have been occupied by students in recent days. Paris’ SorbonneThis Thursday, clashes between police and youth escalated, protesting the policies of presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.
“No, no, not Le Pen or Macron”shouted hundreds of students this Thursday as they gathered at the gates of Paris’ most emblematic university, the Sorbonne, which has been partially occupied since Wednesday after a student council condemned a “wrong choice” for the country’s presidency between the two candidates.
After the first round of elections last Sunday, when Le Pen and Macron qualified to stand in the election. second round On April 24, hundreds of students attended rallies at different universities across the country, calling for mobilization but without giving instructions to vote.
They think both candidates have schedules. “a reactionary blackmail” and many predict that they will either not vote to stop the far right or hesitate to vote for Macron, as has been the case in the country for more than two decades.
Among the protesters are activists from the following groups: Solidarity, SOS Racism and student unions that denounced immigration policies because they found both candidates similar.
In a statement from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, it was stated that the faculty in the center of the French capital continues today. “partially busy” so classes will be away until next saturday.
What they saw near the Sorbonne clash between students and riot police Protesters used tear gas to disperse the masses, while throwing containers and fire extinguishers.
Protests were registered in universities as well. Toulouse, Nantes and Rennes, some of the country’s main student centers.