French minister warns of violence after university vice-president attacked
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV
French Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste refers to an “intensification of violence” on campuses after the attack on a vice-president of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. He does not draw a link between this attack and the current social movement, calls for classes to resume and asks for the investigation to continue, according to BFMTV.
University vice-president attacked: minister warns of violence
In the French government, Philippe Baptiste, responsible for higher education, research and space, calls for classes to resume and for violence on campuses to stop. On Saturday 14 November, he spoke on BFMTV about an intensification of violence on campuses after the attack on a vice-president of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin.
Philippe Baptiste says no link has so far been established between the attack and the student social movement, and calls for the investigation to take its course. He also says that university officials have received death threats and that their personal addresses have sometimes been shared on social media, according to BFMTV.
The minister says he wants to keep dialogue open with students who are protesting, while calling for a firm response to violence and blockades targeting staff and institution leadership. He had already condemned the attack on Friday 13 November, according to BFMTV.
