Overview
- ENS Paris-Saclay confirmed the Feb. 27 event, organized at the FSU union’s initiative, has been canceled following the Lyon attack.
- School officials said the talk was not part of the institution’s academic programming and that they had only been providing space.
- Rima Hassan disputed that the event was canceled, stating on X that it was postponed without a new date.
- FSU had not responded to AFP requests for comment regarding the booking or the cancellation.
- Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste said he sent a circular to prefects and rectors advising against such meetings when risks are established, while final decisions rest with university presidents.