Anger in France After Riot Police Enter Sorbonne Nouvelle Campus

French riot police entered the Sorbonne Nouvelle University campus to break up a peaceful student sit-in, triggering widespread anger.

The intervention drew criticism over the presence of riot police on university grounds and the decision to disperse the protest.

Activists called for the university president to resign, accusing the administration’s leader of allowing a violation of the institution’s autonomy.

Their demands placed the president’s decision to permit police access at the centre of the dispute, alongside the handling of the peaceful sit-in.