Question 13299 — higher education

Summary

Mr. Alexandre Allegret-Pilot draws the attention of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space to the proliferation of serious incidents reported within several higher education establishments, involving acts of intimidation, violence and damage attributable to groups or individuals claiming to be far-left movements, targeting students, teachers and administrative staff. Several incidents reported, notably at Paris 8 University in Saint-Denis during the year 2025, reported explicit threats, including by firearms, causing serious concern about the capacity of the authorities to guarantee security within university campuses, as well as the effectiveness of existing prevention and sanction systems. These events invite us to question the conditions of intervention of law enforcement when serious, distinct and immediate threats are noted, in establishments where university autonomy cannot serve as a screen for criminally reprehensible acts. A fortiori, it is important to ensure that the university fulfills its function: the transmission and development of academic knowledge. The organization of meetings which are foreign to the teachings and which correspond more to political and associative activities have no place in places financed by the taxpayer and intended for the training of citizens from a professional perspective. In this context, he asks what concrete measures the Government intends to take to more effectively prevent and punish violence committed by far-left groups within universities; if an evaluation of the response administrative and criminal investigation into these facts was carried out; if it plans to adapt the legal or regulatory framework in order to guarantee the rapid and effective intervention of security forces when the safety of individuals is threatened or when freedom of education is not ensured and, finally, if it intends to put an end to the misappropriation, by the political and associative world, of university space, which must be exclusively intended for teaching and research.

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