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To protect the city, public authorities ordered the Place de la Sorbonne closed. This square has been a symbol for French student protests since May 1968.. The controversial bill, entitled "Loi pour l'égalité des chances" ("Equal Opportunity Law"), created a new job contract, the Contrat première embauche (CPE – First Employment Contract or Beginning Workers Contract).
Protesters angry over the Gaza war took to Paris' Sorbonne University on Monday, chanting 'Free Palestine' at the university's gates while some students set up tents in the courtyard. Days after ...
In Paris, students inspired by pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S. gather near Sorbonne university 04/29/2024 14:54 -0400 PARIS (AP) — Dozens of students gathered near the Sorbonne university in Paris on Monday to protest in support of the Palestinians, echoing similar demonstrations on campuses in the United States.
University strikes occurred in France during 2007 and 2009. Since Valérie Pécresse was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research, the mood had been tense in the French university system. Several reform projects had led to protest movements, including that of 2009, the longest-lasting yet since 1968, still on-going after several months.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024 Part of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses and the Gaza war protests in the United States George Washington University, April 28, 2024 Date April 17, 2024 – July 2024 (3 months, 1 week and 3 ...
French police cleared protesters from the Sorbonne – one of the country’s most prestigious universities – on April 29, with video geolocated by CNN showing officers dragging two ...
On 6 May, the national student union, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF, the National Union of Students of France)—still France's largest student union today—and the union of university teachers called a march to protest the police invasion of the Sorbonne. More than 20,000 students, teachers and supporters marched toward ...
The event was organized by Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine, a group that previously staged a 120-day pro-Palestinian tent sit-in on campus that ended in February when university officials ...