Paris (AFP)
The MEP and probable candidate for the EELV primary Yannick Jadot on Sunday demanded the resignation of the Minister of Higher Education and Research Frédérique Vidal, believing that "Islamo-leftism" does "correspond to nothing".
"She must leave. The minister who disqualifies research and higher education in our country cannot remain in office," said Yannick Jadot on France 3.
Worried about an "Islamo-leftism" which "would plague society", Ms. Vidal announced on Tuesday that she had asked the CNRS "for a review of all the research" taking place in France, in order to distinguish what falls under research academic and what comes under activism.
After strong reactions in academia and politics, with some calling for her resignation, she was reframed in civilized terms by the executive and ordered to focus on students' difficulties.
"Islamo-leftism", "for me it does not correspond to anything", denounced Yannick Jadot on Sunday, who then qualified: "That there was individual complacency, on the right as on the left, with associations which protect a Salafist agenda, that's obvious ".
The priority is "the terrible, shocking queues of students just to be able to eat," the environmentalist said.
Who accused Emmanuel Macron: "There is a drift initiated by the President of the Republic absolutely not responsible, on the subjects which are tormenting society".
"When he was a presidential candidate in 2017, he qualified colonialism as a crime against humanity, today the objective is to put a police force behind every researcher, to take back the national identity of Nicolas Sarkozy, to rehabilitate Maurras and Pétain, with a Gerald Darmanin who makes the link between jihadism and halal rays ", launched Yannick Jadot.
"There is a line chosen by the President of the Republic to go hunting on the lands of the far-right with a view to 2022, at the risk of fracturing society," he lamented.
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