Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray described this Wednesday 26 November as “very embarrassing” the message was published on September 20 on Facebook by a teacher-researcher from the University of Lyon-II who explained “genocide will boycott” twenty personalities, most of them Jews.
“It’s a shame what happened” And “This is very embarrassing”the Minister of Finance emphasized in front of the senators, during a question and answer session to the government. “I curse” And “I give my support to the people who were targeted”he added.
Given that“There must be a response based on a court order”Edouard Geffray also welcomed the actions taken by the chancellor of the University of Lyon “immediately make a report based on article 40 to the public prosecutor”. Prosecutor Lyon himself confirmed that he had received the file and was examining it.
“In the Republic, we do not make lists of those we condemn to slander, (…) whom we submit to revenge”added the Minister of National Education, who spoke before the Upper House without the presence of the Minister of Higher Education, Philippe Baptiste. In the message in X, the latter had previously brought all his possessions “support for the people mentioned and for everyone surprised by this list”. Regarding the law to combat anti-Semitism in universities passed in July, he assured that decisions on its implementation would be taken “in the next few weeks”.
The League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (Licra) discovered a message on Friday from a medieval history professor from Lyon-II posted on Facebook. Below mention “20 perpetrators of genocide who should be boycotted under all circumstances”the names of several figures appear, including presenter Arthur or actors Charlotte Gainsbourg and Philippe Torreton, along with their photos.
The teacher, who faced heavy criticism following the disclosure of these messages, claimed on Monday that he had not done so “Obviously never “make a list of Jews”» and ensure its publication “comment” a platform Figarowhere 20 figures challenged Emmanuel Macron who was then preparing to recognize a Palestinian state in the name of France.
The teacher accused Licra of taking over “fraction” the text to launch “harassment campaign” in retaliation for an article he recently published. Tuesday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon expressed his opinion “solidarity” with the teacher, claiming that he was “were targeted by Licra under false pretenses intended to demonstrate the omnipotence of the accusers.” “Shame on the new censorship in universities. Solidarity with this enlightened teacher”wrote the LFI leader, assuring that the controversy aims to achieve that goal “to silence” academic.
