The National Assembly adopts a primary article in a stormy ambiance | EUROtoday

The examination of the textual content didn’t go very far, slowed down by the accusations and the invective between deputies. The National Assembly started, Tuesday, May 6, to debate a invoice to fight anti -Semitism in greater training, however, in a stormy ambiance, solely the primary article of the textual content, which had been adopted unanimously within the Senate, was capable of be voted.

This article plans to register consciousness of the battle in opposition to anti -Semitism and racism among the many coaching missions of institutions. The remainder of the dialogue was to renew Wednesday afternoon.

The textual content, carried by Pierre Henriet (horizons) and Constance the grip (Macronist group collectively for the Republic), intends to strengthen the prevention and reporting programs, by making obligatory inside every institution of “Referents” devoted to the battle in opposition to racism and anti -Semitism.

“Alarming increase in anti -Semitic acts”

“Not a single student should hesitate to go to class because he is afraid of being exposed to anti -Semitism”hammered the Minister of Higher Education on the opening of the debates, Philippe Baptiste. “Since October 7, 2023, we have witnessed an alarming increase in anti -Semitic acts in our society, and higher education, unfortunately, has not been spared”he added.

The debates stretched out over the night. Insoumise France (LFI), the one group to have voted in opposition to article 1, needed to rewrite it utilizing the definition of discrimination of the penal code, not containing the phrase anti -Semitism.

The “rebellious”, who additionally criticized the dearth of means for brand spanking new coaching programs, had been accused of wanting “Invisible” anti -Semitism by proper -wing, far -right and macronist deputies.

The Minister accountable for the battle in opposition to discrimination, Aurore Bergé, additionally challenged LFI deputies, accusing them of “Electoral strategy” and “Bringing” the “fear” vis-à-vis “our Jewish compatriots”. Their chief, Mathilde Panot, accused her in return “Tore the facts entirely” And “To instrumentalize anti -Semitism to silence the voices for peace on genocide in Palestine”.

Article 3 intends to outsource the disciplinary course of

The deputies won’t look at till Wednesday article 3 of the textual content, which is much more debated than the primary. Deleted throughout his examination in committee within the Assembly, he supplies for the creation of a “Common disciplinary section” to institutions of the identical tutorial area, chaired by a member of the executive jurisdiction.

The co-rapporteur, Pierre Henriet-who recalled that 9 out of ten Jewish college students say they’ve undergone anti-Semitic acts at college, based on a survey of the Union of Jewish college students of France-intends to defend the reintroduction by modification of this provision. According to him, it could permit heads of institutions to outsource the disciplinary course of on probably the most delicate recordsdata.

“Strengthening the disciplinary procedure is necessary”these steps are sometimes “Too long”And “Anti -Semitic acts, too rarely sanctioned”estimated the MoDem deputy, Géraldine Bannier.

But the left is against this text 3. “The desire to professionalize disciplinary justice by using an administrative judge broke with the tradition of autonomous universities”castigated the environmental deputy, Steevy Gustave.

Communist Jean-Paul Lecoq has criticized the record of information liable to a disciplinary sanction added to the training code by the identical article, together with specifically “The facts likely to harm order, to the proper functioning of the establishment”. Provisions that based on him threat “To infringe the rights and freedom of demonstration of students”.