The Minister of Education considers “deeply scandalous” the message on the “genocidaires” revealed by a trainer from Lyon-II | EUROtoday

The Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, described, Wednesday November 26, as “deeply scandalous” the message revealed by a teacher-researcher from the University of Lyon-II and qualifying “genocidalists to be boycotted” 20 personalities, nearly all of whom are Jewish. “It’s a shame what happened” And “It’s deeply scandalous”Mr. Geffray informed senators throughout a query session with the federal government. “I condemn” And “I provide my support to the people who have been targeted”.

The League in opposition to racism and anti-Semitism (Licra) uncovered, on Friday, a message from a professor of medieval historical past from Lyon-II, Julien Théry, posted on his Facebook account on September 20 and presently unavailable. Under the point out “20 genocidaires to boycott in all circumstances”there have been 20 names together with these of the presenter Arthur or the actors Charlotte Gainsbourg and Philippe Torreton, accompanied by their pictures.

The prosecutor seized

“In the Republic, we do not make lists of people who we condemn to vilification, (…) that we deliver to vindictiveness”added Mr. Geffray, who spoke within the absence of the Minister of Higher Education Philippe Baptiste. In a message on X, Mr. Baptiste had beforehand introduced all his “support for the people mentioned and for all those who were shocked by this list”.

Considering that“there has to be an answer [d’]judicial order »Mr. Geffray also welcomed the fact that the president of the University of Lyon had “immediately made a report on the basis of article 40 to the public prosecutor”.

In Lyon, the prosecutor confirmed that he had acquired this file and was analyzing it. Regarding the legislation to fight anti-Semitism at universities adopted in July, he assured that the implementing decrees could be taken “in the coming weeks”.

The trainer, strongly criticized after the revelation of this message, informed Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday that he had not “obviously never made a list of Jews” and ensured that its publication “commented” a platform of Figarothe place twenty personalities challenged Emmanuel Macron who was then making ready to acknowledge the Palestinian state within the title of France.

He accused Licra of getting taken over “a small part” of its textual content to launch “a campaign of harassment” in retaliation for an article he not too long ago revealed.