Question 5925 — higher education

Summary

Mr. René Lioret draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of State, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research, responsible for higher education and research, to an act of ideological intimidation of exceptional gravity that occurred at the University of Lyon 2, revealing the growing threats posed by radical Islamism and the militant far left on academic freedom in higher education. On April 2, 2025, a lecturer from Lyon 2, a specialist in the Middle East, was targeted by a group of activists claiming to be part of the pro-Palestinian movement. Masked and sometimes hooded, these activists burst into his class and violently attacked him. In front of the students, they accused him of being a “Zionist,” of “racist and genocidal remarks,” booed him and chanted: “The college is ours, not his! » Refusing any contradiction, they ordered him to leave the university and forced him to abandon his teaching, under stunned gazes. Two days later, these same activists published visuals against the academic on social networks, naming him and calling on the administration to stop supporting him. They accused him of making “colonial remarks”, of spreading “ideas nauseating” and of not having his place in a university, but “on a CNews set”, in reference to his analyzes relayed by certain media. In a press release published on April 4, 2025, they explicitly demanded that the management recognize its “position as a far-right activist” and cease all institutional support. This harassment campaign was relayed online with calls to exclude “racists from colleges” and attacks against the media who dared to report the scene or support the teacher. A video released shows the activists booing the academic and forcing him to leave the lecture hall. Faced with this situation, the professor had to be placed under functional protection. He asks him what immediate measures he intends to take to put an end to such acts of ideological pressure and guarantee teacher-researchers the full exercise of their educational and scientific freedom within a republican framework. He also questions him on the disciplinary consequences envisaged with regard to the identified perpetrators, as well as on the measures taken to prevent any repetition of such facts.

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