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UPV/EHU Shuts Álava Campus for Monday Over Planned Vox Rally

University leaders cite security risks, labeling the rally a provocation that conflicts with campus values.

Overview

  • Face-to-face teaching is suspended for the day, with all academic activity to run online as a preventive step.
  • The closure follows Vox’s call for an event on the Paseo de la Universidad next to the Vitoria-Gasteiz campus, a public space owned by the city.
  • UPV/EHU says it is acting out of institutional responsibility to safeguard its community and avert possible incidents.
  • The rectorate underscores the rally’s timing with the 23-F anniversary and describes Vox’s national-populist, authoritarian messages as incompatible with university principles.
  • The event remains scheduled, and reporting so far notes no incidents, no formal police deployment details, and no public response from Vox.