The Sorbonne blocked “against Macron, Le Pen and their world”, the situation degenerates

Since Wednesday, students have been blocking the university site of the Sorbonne in Paris. They denounce the “false choice” of the second round of the presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. A start of protest at Sciences Po Paris emerged this Thursday during the day. Neither Macron nor Le Pen. It is the displayed and assumed choice of the students who have been blocking the premises of the Sorbonne in Paris for more than 24 hours. A real clash of generations for these young people who do not understand how Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen were able to come out on top. The lack of social and ecological policy of the two candidates is pointed out by the students. Resignation of the youth The Parisian establishment had been blocked for several hours. The decision was taken during a meeting on Wednesday in the faculty, where Parisian students decided to vote in majority for the blocking. According to Le Figaro, between 300 and 400 students would have occupied the premises. But this Thursday, April 14, the tension has gone up a notch. The security forces blocked access to the building, angering students who wanted to return for a new general assembly. According to a HuffPost journalist on site, chairs, bottles, coat racks and even printers were thrown at the police. At the beginning of the afternoon, several hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the main building in support of the occupation of the Sorbonne. A protest poster against “Macron, Le Pen and their world”, was deployed from a window of the establishment. “Even if Macron does not want it, we are here! “It has now been 24 hours since the Sorbonne has been occupied “against Macron, Le Pen and their world” with a large support committee in front of the building. #Sorbonne pic.twitter.com/2H1ljmtjEY— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) April 14, 2022 A tense situation at the start of the evening But very quickly, the situation became tense. The students reportedly sought to prevent the police from setting up an iron barrier around the faculty. The police would then have used tear gas against the entire crowd. At the start of the evening, the images of freelance journalist Clément Lanot showed many tensions around the site. Young people and the police clash in thick clouds of tear gas. A procession even left in wild demonstration in the streets of Paris to the rhythm of the evocative slogan: “down with the state, the cops and the fachos”, motivated more than ever. One of the Sciences Po Paris sites was also blocked during the day by 150 students, reports France Info. It is the buildings of 27 rue Saint-Guillaume in Paris which would have been the target of the blockage. “The courses scheduled for today on this site have been switched to distance learning. The other Sciences Po sites remain open and operate normally,” said the establishment. A concrete illustration of the atmosphere that reigns among part of the youth a few days before the second round.