Student Cockade

The Student Cockade
La Cocarde étudiante
MottoPour l'union de la droite
"For the unity of the right"
InstitutionFrance's universities
Location92, rue d'Assas 75006 Paris, France
Established6 May 2015
PresidentEdouard Bina
Members1,200
Websitewww.cocardeetudiante.com

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 2024

Vianney Vonderscher

2024 present

Edouard Bina

See also

Union nationale inter-universitaire

References

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "sections". La Cocarde Etudiante (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ Heidsieck, Louis (16 May 2018). "Le blocage des universités donne des ailes aux syndicats patriotes". Le Figaro.fr.
  5. ^ figaro, le (4 April 2018). "Des étudiants anti-blocage agressés à Tolbiac". Le Figaro Etudiant.
  6. ^ figaro, le (18 October 2019). "À Nanterre, violente bagarre générale entre étudiants "antifas" et souverainistes". Le Figaro Etudiant.
  7. ^ Rédaction, La (5 February 2020). "Nanterre – Nouvelle élection étudiante sous tension". La Gazette de la Défense.
  8. ^ "Université de Nanterre. Un syndicat de droite élu à la fac, tensions sur le campus". 29 October 2019.
  9. ^ "La " Cocarde étudiante " s'affiche, mais sans la gauche". L'Opinion (in French). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ^ Bossuet, Kevin (9 April 2018). "Violences, dégradations et amphis bloqués : l'extrême gauche détruit l'université". Valeurs actuelles (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. ^ L'Incorrect (2019). "L'UNEF introduit dans nos facultés les thèses indigénistes". Incorrect (4): 38–39. ISSN 2557-1966.