Overview
- Paris city officials asked the French foreign ministry on July 30 to investigate Casa Argentina after residents reported expulsions, restricted access to common spaces, and contested admissions for the 2026–27 year.
- Director Santiago Muzio, appointed by Argentina’s government in 2024, told a French paper he wants to “liberate” the house from the “woke” left and defended renting rooms and hosting right‑leaning groups to raise funds.
- Residents say a plaque honoring the 30,000 disappeared was removed during renovations in February and that at least a dozen people were kept out during holiday periods or left off the recent allocation list, prompting at least six formal appeals to Argentine authorities.
- The Cité U foundation’s leader Blandine Sorbe says the matter is being handled diplomatically and that the campus will tighten an ethical code to define limits on political activity in national residences.
- Casa Argentina dates to 1928 and normally hosts cultural exchange and 'brassage' of nationalities, so the dispute raises wider questions about how national control, campus rules, and foreign political influence should be balanced ahead of President Milei’s planned visit to Paris.