Mathias Vicherat resigns from his post after learning of his referral to court in a case of domestic violence, he announced Wednesday in an internal message. “I learned that my ex-partner and I were referred to the criminal court (...) I decided, in order to preserve (the institution), to resign from my functions as director of the Institute of political studies of Paris and administrator of the National Foundation of Political Sciences", he wrote in the internal message sent to the educational community.