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Several rallies were held this Tuesday, November 12 across France after the immolation of a student in Lyon Friday and his message to the public authorities on precariousness.
In Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Paris, or Saint-Etienne, they were several hundred to make their anger against the authorities public after the immolation of a student four days earlier in front of the Regional Center for Academic and Academic Works (Crous ) from Lyon.
Burned at 90%, the 22-year-old student was still "between life and death" on Tuesday. In financial difficulty - he had lost his scholarship by "tripling" his second year at the University of Lyon 2 - he explained his gesture in a message read Tuesday by a comrade. " Today I will commit the irreparable, if I target the building of Crous it is not by chance, I aim at a political place, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and by extension the government " said the student before taking action.
" This year, doing a third L2, I did not have a scholarship, but even when I had, 450 euros per month, is it enough to live? He added, resuming demands on the student salary.
On the forecourt of the Crous de Paris, a clear and determined look, Gaspard, a student in history, criticizes the functioning of the student body: " What he denounced was student precariousness. And student precariousness, it is symbolized by the Crous who is supposed to deliver the scholarships and who does not do it or who does it late, or who does it at ridiculous thresholds. "
Mathilde, she had to give up pursuing her studies, lack of sufficient financial means. Although she works today, she wanted to support the young student from Lyon: " We are here to make our demands: to study in good conditions. We regularly hear stories of isolated students who are starving in U-cities and they die in silence. "
After this quiet rally, dozens of students invaded for a few minutes the court of the Ministry of Higher Education, which they forced the gate, before being driven out by the forces of the order.
In Lille, some 300 to 400 people gathered at midday in front of Le Crous before entering the law school where they prevented a lecture by François Hollande on the crisis of democracy. The former president said he regretted " that emotion has turned into violence, " also denounced by politicians.