Europe 1 with AFP 9:02 a.m., March 13, 2024, modified at 9:03 a.m., March 13, 2024

The director of Sciences-Po Paris 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.

The director of Sciences-Po Paris 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 this message sent to the educational community of Sciences-Po and confirmed to AFP by the management of the establishment .

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