(European Conservative) Following pressure exerted on Professor Fabrice Balanche by students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood at Lyon 2 University, Laurent Wauquiez, former president of the Rhône-Alpes region and a candidate for the leadership of Les Républicains, announced that the region will cut public subsidies to the university. This decision confirms his shift to the right ahead of the leadership battle within his party against Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
A few weeks ago, Professor Balanche had his class interrupted by students after he expressed his opposition to a banquet to break the Islamic fast held on the premises of Lyon 2 University. Laurent Wauquiez, who describes himself as a “friend” of Balanche, said he would not make “any compromises with Islamism.”
