http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201106-235506-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/academic-freedom-the-republic-and-islamo-leftism/ Academic Freedom, the Republic and “Islamo-Leftism” Perroud, Thomas eng 2020-11-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Academic Freedom Freedom of Expression Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The government in France is currently reforming the organization of the university system. On 28 October and in response to the killing of history teacher Samuel Paty, the Senate has introduced a new, contentious, problematic and authoritarian provision. It reads: “Academic freedom is exercised having regard to the values of the Republic”. This provision is unconstitutional, dangerous and not capable of achieving its supposed goal.