The Student Cockade (French: Cocarde étudiante) is a far-right[1] souverainist French student union, founded in 2015 at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas in France.[2] It claims to have a presence at 22 different universities across France.[3]
History
The Student Cockade was founded on 6 May 2015 in the Panthéon-Assas University as a split of the already existing right-wing student union Union nationale inter-universitaire (UNI). It was founded as a way to unite the different youth wings of the right-wing political parties in France (mostly, Droite Populaire, Front national, Debout la France, Parti chrétien-démocrate).[4]
During the year 2018 the Student Cockade was made famous by its fierce and sometimes violent opposition to university blocus.[5]
During the student elections of 2019 at the University of Nanterre, fighting broke out between a group of Student Cockade members and left wing antifascists. The Student Cockade won multiple seats after the incident.[6]
During the 2020 student elections in France, on numerous instances, the Student Cockade was opposed by left wing student groups and antifascist movements,[7] but the Student Cockade managed to win multiple seats in Sorbonne[which?], Assas, Nanterre and other universities.[8]
Organisation
| Year | President | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Maxime Duvauchelle[9] |
| 2017 | 2019 | Quentin Limongi[10] |
| 2019 | 2022 | Luc Lahalle[11] |
| 2022 | present |
Vianney Vonderscher |
See also
Union nationale inter-universitaire
References
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- ^ Plottu, Pierre; Macé, Maxime (17 March 2023). "Université : montée des violences d'extrême droite contre les opposants à la réforme des retraites". Libération (in French).
- ^ Boni, Marc de (2 September 2015). "Un syndicat étudiant souvernainiste allant des Républicains au FN voit le jour". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "sections". La Cocarde Etudiante (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Heidsieck, Louis (16 May 2018). "Le blocage des universités donne des ailes aux syndicats patriotes". Le Figaro.fr.
- ^ figaro, le (4 April 2018). "Des étudiants anti-blocage agressés à Tolbiac". Le Figaro Etudiant.
- ^ figaro, le (18 October 2019). "À Nanterre, violente bagarre générale entre étudiants "antifas" et souverainistes". Le Figaro Etudiant.
- ^ Rédaction, La (5 February 2020). "Nanterre – Nouvelle élection étudiante sous tension". La Gazette de la Défense.
- ^ "Université de Nanterre. Un syndicat de droite élu à la fac, tensions sur le campus". 29 October 2019.
- ^ "La " Cocarde étudiante " s'affiche, mais sans la gauche". L'Opinion (in French). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Bossuet, Kevin (9 April 2018). "Violences, dégradations et amphis bloqués : l'extrême gauche détruit l'université". Valeurs actuelles (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ L'Incorrect (2019). "L'UNEF introduit dans nos facultés les thèses indigénistes". Incorrect (4): 38–39. ISSN 2557-1966.