The facade of Issep, the school of political science founded by Marion Maréchal in Lyon, was covered with black paint in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Blackened facade, sunken windows: the Issep, the school founded in 2018 by Marion Maréchal in Lyon, was vandalized in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an action claimed in an unsigned statement but relayed by an anti-fascist group.
The work of far-left activists, she says
Wednesday, the iron curtain protecting the main entrance of the Issep (Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences) remained low and projections of a thick black paint were still visible on the facade and cracked panes and traces attempt to penetrate the establishment, noted an AFP photographer, confirming information from Le Figaro . A cleaning team was on site.
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The Issep "was the target of degrades committed by far-left militants who claimed the attack on social networks," lamented in a statement Marion Marshal, listing the damage: "the facade was completely covered with black paint, broken showcase with hammer, forced locks ".
She asks for a "firm response from justice"
"We are waiting for a firm response from the judiciary and the public authorities," adds the former member of parliament RN of Vaucluse, indicating that new measures will be taken to ensure the safety of the premises. Moreover, "we engage the public prosecutor with the appropriate legal remedies, and we will make every effort to assert our rights," she continues.
Marion Maréchal also intends to request audience, by mail, to the prefect of the Rhone, the rector of the Academy of Lyon and the mayor of Lyon, "to know the arrangements for such acts do not happen again." "France is a state of law, in which education is a constitutionally guaranteed freedom and schools are republican sanctuaries," adds the former MP.
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Open since the autumn of 2018 south of Lyon, in the new district of Confluence, about 150 meters from the headquarters of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the school wants to, according Marion Maréchal at the inauguration of the Issep, the place of formation of a "new political elite" and "an educational alternative" to existing French higher education.