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French university blockades spur parliamentary inquiry

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Investigation to probe “respect for republican values” in higher education

Laurent Marcangeli, president of France’s centre-right Horizons political party, has said he will launch a parliamentary inquiry into whether republican values are being upheld within universities and grande écoles.

Speaking to the newspaper Le Figaro, Marcangeli said it was necessary in light of the pro-Palestine student protests involving campus blockades and occupations that swept across France in recent weeks.

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