A teacher from a private high school in Saint-Jean-de Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was fatally stabbed by a student on Wednesday in a classroom, an extremely rare tragedy in France.
Politicians from all sides reacted this Wednesday, after the death of a teacher from a private establishment in Saint-Jean-de Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) stabbed by a student. Government spokesman Olivier Véran thus opened the report of the Council of Ministers with a word on this tragedy.
“We all have a thought after the terrible death of this teacher in Saint-Jean-de-Luz,” he said, assuring the educational community of “all the support” of the government.
The Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye, who will go there this Wednesday, said his “tremendous emotion (…) my thoughts for his family, his colleagues and his students”.
A “horrific act”
Several local elected officials reacted to this tragedy, such as Senator The Republicans of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Max Brisson, which speaks of a “horrible act that I condemn in the strongest terms. Solidarity with the management and the teachers.” Earlier, the socialist senator from Pyrénées-Atlantiques Frédérique Espagnac had condemned “this act of violence”.
“I am thinking first of all of the victim and of all the teaching staff who must be frightened by this horrible news”, declared on BFMTV Vincent Bru, MoDem deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques who had “a reaction of indignation and very great sadness.”
Within the Nupes, we first note the reaction of Olivier Faure, elected deputy in Seine-et-Marne and first secretary of the PS, who spoke of his “very strong emotion at the announcement of this teacher from Saint Jean of Luz”. “We ask everything of our teachers who have to face all the violence in society. Condolences to the family and support to the educational community,” he added.
THE MP LFI Alexis Corbière said him “horror and shock” in the face of this death ensuring his “affection and (his) solidarity with the family and colleagues of this despicably murdered teacher”.
His ecologist colleague Sandrine Rousseau for his part described the situation as “appalling”, “my thoughts go out to the relatives of this teacher and beyond to the staff of the National Education”.
The national secretary of the Communist Party, and elected deputy in the North, Fabien Roussel, also spoke:
“Infinite sadness at the announcement of the death of the teacher of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, stabbed by a student. Thoughts for her family, for her colleagues and for the entire educational community”.
“Solidarity with all the teaching body of France”
“I bow to the pain of the loved ones of this teacher whose disappearance mourns the entire educational community of our country”, wrote the secretary general of Renaissance Stéphane Séjourné.
The Renaissance president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region Renaud Muselier ensured his “solidarity with all the teaching body of France” and described the attack as an “act of barbarism”.
Marine Le Pen, patron saint of RN deputies and herself elected in Pas-de-Calais, reacted:
“My most moved thoughts for the family and loved ones of the teacher killed this morning in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, stabbed in the middle of class by a student. Ultra-violence has conquered our entire society, up to school, it is urgent to act for the safety of the French people.”
“Horrible and sad news,” tweeted Gilbert Collard, Reconquest MEP. The leader of this party, Éric Zemmour, told him his “amazement at the new tragedy that strikes our school”.
The MP for Alpes-Maritimes The Republicans Éric Ciotti, for his part, pointed the finger “the savagery of society” adding that it “is urgent to review the gradation of sentences for minors”. Senate President Gérard Larcher said he was “seized by the violence” of this death.
