Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau Files Complaint Against Jean-Luc Mélenchon for Insulting Public Official

Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau Sunday announced a complaint against him Jean-Luc Mélenchon for an “insulting public”, after the head of the LFI drew a parallel between the president of the University of Lille and the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. The former presidential candidate had mentioned the Nazi war criminal on April 18 at a meeting in Lille, which was organized in the middle of the street after two rooms were rejected by the chief executive and the president of the university.

“‘I did nothing,’ said Eichmann. ‘I only kept the law as it was in my country’. Therefore, they say that they are complying with the law and that they are implementing immoral measures that are not justified by anything or anyone,” he said. . When questioned on BFMTV on Sunday night, Sylvie Retailleau believed that “the words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who called the president (of Lille University) a Nazi, are a public insult”: “My ministry will file a complaint for public insult before a public official,” she said.

“Most debates, conferences, are held in our universities where the presidents are there to ensure everyone’s safety,” she said. “Why the conference was postponed at the University of Lille, after being approved? Because there were also demonstrations that were going to take place and the president (of the university, editor’s note) had information that there was a threat to public order,” she said.

His ministry specified to AFP that “19 LFI conferences have been held since the beginning of the year in French higher education institutions under the supervision of the ministry” and that “three have been canceled due to the risk of disruption to public order, three . without permission for the same reasons or for non-compliance with the university framework.

In an interview with L’Beachd On Sunday, the president of Lille University Régis Bordet confirmed for his part that “the office of the Minister of Higher Education and Research, the Rectorate and the prefecture (have) contacted them to find out about the “There was none at any time. desire on the side to influence the decision,” he said.